Ack! I'm always astonished when someone doesn't know who the R.C.M.P. are. My father was a "harness bull", then a member of the mounted squad, then a K9 handler. There's where my love of animals and especially the GSD came from! Wow, some great memories are coming back to me.....one HUGE long haired sable male named Sabre who was like a big brother.....and another big LH named Bear....In grade school my father and either Sabre or Bear came and they did a talk about strangers. Gosh, I was star struck by my Dad and the dog/s. I have a HUGE crush on the R.C.M.P.. And an enormous sense of pride. And an odd sense of protectiveness towards them. When Police Service Dog Nitro ( badge # 9755 ) was killed last January my son and I went to his memorial service, I still openly weep when I think too hard about him. And oh my gosh, his partner was a wreck. An extremely emotional and draining experience. Sooo many officers, and officers with their service dogs, from all over. And I can barely think of those young constables in Alberta that were murdered without breaking down in my gut. I'm much too soft for this world. *grin* Colleen Donnelly Paula Cooke <psharp212@xxxxxxx> wrote: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Paula, who watched Sargeant Preston and Yukon King religiously, every Saturday...anyone remember his horse's name??? ----Original Message Follows---- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:04:39 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Cochran Subject: Re: Hunte membership What is the RCMP? Terry Emilie wrote: The RCMP now have their own breeding program in Insfall, Alberta and breed from Czech lines. Emilie ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ?Do your little bit of good where you are; it?s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.? Archbishop Desmond Tutu "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke 1729 - 1797 --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================