I have been reading all the dog stories and have enjoyed them all. I have a story about Mattie, our 1st Champion. She always loved to eat, seemed to inhale her food. When visiting friends were around at feeding time they were amazed at how quickly Mattie's food disappeared! Well, we were well aware of her food fetish, which was even worse when she was pregnant One day we decided to bake a cake. We knew Mattie would steal it if she could, so we put it up where we were sure that Mattie, who was a large bitch, could not possibly get it to cool before we frosted it. We went into the other room to watch tv and came out at the comercial break. Somehow Mattie had gotten the cake which was in a metal cakepan off the ledge onto a tile floor without making a sound. Nary a crumb was left!! She was an incredibally smart dog. When we had to put her daughter down, the vet came to our house to do it. We were in a closed bedroom and all the other dogs were outside except for Mattie. After the vet left with Widget, I wondered if Mattie understood that Wiget, whom she had whelped and lived with for 5 years was gone. So I asked "Mattie, were is Widget?" She hung her head and looked really sad. I swear she knew. When she came inside from being out all day, the first thing she would do if she didn't see Jackie (Jackie was always her main person) is look to see if her purse was on the counter before she would take off to look for her. No purse, no look! She was our Beautiful Ch Linnloch Almost an Angel HT PT TC OFA. When she stopped eating we knew it was time for her to go. She has been gone 2 1/2 years and we still miss her joy for life. Gail in finally "sunny" Califronia __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================