Hi. I just thought I would let everyone know our "little" boy passed away in his sleep today. Today he would have been 6 weeks old. He has always been "behind" but I took it as being young, and sickly when he was first born. He was the only "sick" pup that survived when Leah's pups started dying off due to her infection. Thankfully though we did have 6 of the 11 that never were afeected. Yelllow was just starting" to grow, and play this past week. He was at 2 lbs. which is VERY tiny for a 6 week old pup but from where he started (7 oz.) he was huge for him. It seems as though he probably was never fully developed, and dying in his sleep was the peaceful way to go. We are very sad to say the least. My daughter is taking this the hardest since in Leah's last litter we had a "little" girl,a nd she survived and grew up to be a healthy adult. We had the same hopes with him, and my daughter loved and cared for him so much. But it looks like it was not meant to be. On the good side his littermates who were never affected by Leah's infection, all are doing well. We still have 4 boys, 2 girls and all are running and playing so I think this is the last of our saddness. I hope evryone is doing well. Ann Marie www.geocities.com/amarigermanshepherds/Amari.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================