I don't think age has a thing to do with it...so long as you have arrangements made for the dogs you leave behind you when you die. The things that really make people quit, and not quit Shepherds but quit dogs pretty much altogether, are finances and poor health......... altho it is true that being snubbed repeatedly does make it easier to leave. One of the other things that makes it easier is to discover, after trusting someone or someoneS with your bloodlines, they have totally screwed you over... thankfully there aren't too many of those people around.......... Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny & Bill" <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Great question, Lonna. I am 60 and have started over a couple times, > after the heartache of losing some wonderful GSDs to dread diseases, > etc. Let me ask YOU, is the passion still there? Does your heart > skip a beat when you see a great dog at a show? If the answer is YES, > you should continue, no matter how old you are. (My best friend Ellen > used to say that age is relative.) Right now I have a gorgeous bi- > colored girl (IZZY) bred by my good friend Sharon Todoroff--there is > MY breeding in her dam's line. Can you find a daughter, son, > granddaughter, grandson of YOUR breeding--believe me, it makes it > easier to start over that way. > > Penny in NC ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================