[ SHOWGSD-L ] Terry, Ruth, and longevity.
- From: Sheree Moses <shereemosesgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:04:17 -0400
Congratulations on your dogs! This is what we all hope and strive for, and
it's what I thought this List was supposed to be about. Thank you for the
reminder.I lost our BIS Genuine Risk (she had 100 bests, and was a Dallas/Valle
daughter) on Feb 3 at 14 1/2, our dear friends Jack and Joyce Eberts tell me
that her sister, Ch Katie, is still going strong. My other housemate is BIS
Kenlyn's Tenacity v Kaleef, Tena, who was 13 this spring but is still climbing
the stairs to go to bed with me every night. Her granddaughter, Angel, is
familiar to many of you who are on Facebook, and is having a wonderful time
w/her junior handler friend Jaclyn. Tena, like Gennie, is OFA excellent, and
is also sired by Dallas. Her mother is Yarmork's Dynah, who was a Wrangler
daughter out of an Illuminator daughter, so.....like the others, all American
lines. All black/tan, black/red, too:) Great temperament, just plain good
dogs, albeit a little prettier than the ones I grew up with.I hear so many
stories about people who have horrible luck with gut issues, cancer, early
deaths or dogs that just age too quickly....Lackland wants their dogs to work
until they're 12....maybe we should come up with a questionnaire regarding
feeding and vaccination practices, lifestyle choices, a pedigree
analysis....and try to figure out what works and what doesn't. Of course, it
would require people to be open and honest about their dogs, and to keep egos
and personalities out of it. I know our Parent Club has a Health and Genetics
committee going; maybe one of the more scientifically inclined on this list
could start putting together the questionnaire? We submitted DNA samples on
about 15 of our dogs for the database, and I'd be happy to provide whatever
other information needed over the last 20 years of our dogs...maybe we could
all end up with dogs that are still in good shape at 15.
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