Kathy.....that really is amazing that they knew the earthquake was coming. I hope that it is the last quake that you guys see for a long time! Amy Greenhut Justrock German Shepherds Gen Oak Leopard Tortoises &  Tortoise Rescue Behold The Turtle,  He Makes Progress Only When He Sticks His Neck Out A Quote By James B. Conant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Tank" <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:27:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] They never cease to amaze me These dogs, GSDs ...continue to astound me, really. Yesterday around 6:30 or 7 pm, Ken and I sat out on the patio, and I decided to move some dogs in/out of the yard or kennel. I took the Joe daughter, Siren to a run and she utterly refused to go through the gate.  I had to bodily put her in the run.  She was genuinely worried about being in there.  Not at all usual for her.  I looked, nothing out of the ordinary, except she seem to say.."ok Mom, get me OUTTA here"  as she stood up on the gate.  weird. Then the Joe son "Truimph" 18 wks, who is a boisterous, stubborn, funny puppy (a lot like Grandpa Nitro, lol) and he stopped at the opening to the run and HAIRED UP...."nope not going in".  I persuaded him and looked around to see if there was anything that could cause such an odd reaction?  Nothing As Ken and I sat admiring the "kids"  we noticed the Nitro dtr  "Spicey" was no where to be seen? Usually she is prancing and cavorting and standing on hind limbs until we notice her, lolol. I called her. nothing.  Called again, nope, no Spicey...I started walking and she came out of her igloo looked at me and immediately returned to it.....weird!  Ken even went over to make sure there wasn't a young rattler coming to visit... nope , nothing. As we sat about an hour later at the PC looking at videos....there was a loud rumble, and a few moderate shakes... Hunter bolted from the tub, lolol....and I said "stay put!" But the dogs knew.  Amazing.  You can bet we will take more careful note of odd behavior from the group, next time!! As soon as the little shaker was over, all was right with the world and the dogs returned to their normal , silly selves. Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com ~or~ http://www.germanshepherdssocal.com PUP-DATED:  MAY 6, 2009 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008.  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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================