Joni, The runt of my 2nd litter and a sick one at that ended up 95 pounds and my 1st Champion! Mo > Back in the day when i was growing up, Mom & Dad use to say the runts of > the litter was the best puppy! Now we wre talking about mixed breed > puppies, when i was growing up with the family! But ya know, i understand > now why that came about from my ole folks. The little runt even in > Purebred dogs( and mixed breeds) has to make up for everything, so he has > to be smarter, faster and fiester in order to survive his littermates, and > not constantly get bullied and it is so cute cause these lil guys are very > clever at a very young age and you just can see it. and it is like your > heart can't help but go out for these lil guys! Joni ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================