I was finally allowed to keep one of the many rescues I did when I was 12. When I was 18 and got married, they would NOT let me take him, looked like a Lhassa Apsos. For years I had none and then my 2 sons rescued a Collie – of COURSE they named her, Lassie. When she died after years of true love, we didn’t have any for a while. Then in 1967 my husband and two sons gave me a fantastic birthday gift. A REGISTERED splendid GSD bitch we bred just once and kept a male, had him fixed and he was a wonderful family member, like his Mom, for many years on our farm. I bought more and showed them, trained some (had a class each week in our front yard for years)! I showed many too. I boarded, rescued and dearly LOVED many kinds through the years! However, GSDs are truly the MOST WONDERFUL DOGS! Norma no L From: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:35 PM To: freelist Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Question? Just curious! was the GSD NOT your first pure-bred dog!...my first pure bred dog was a Great Dane! And my dad showed them ( briefly)... Any one else have a first pure bred dog that was NOT a GSD? FB Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com