In a message dated 12/3/2005 9:38:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, arelee@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Watch quietly??? Kathy I almost fell off my chair, laughing when thinking of that scerario with any of my stud dogs of the past. They knew when their "date" arrived, and they don't stop the noise until they "met." Of course the stud who wasn't on the "dance card", makes the most noise. I usually had to make sure he was crated, out of view, smell, and hearing range......otherewise there would be no quiet! The surounding hils would have been alive with the sound of howling !!!! LOL I never (as I recall) had more than 2 studs on the property, if there were other males , they were younger, not expierenced etc. Nahhhhh, lol. I have 5 boys here now, 3 proven 2 babies. The babies are put in a pen, allowed to "watch" from a distance, their eyes get all big and round...silly really, but no noise. I have a separate building for the gal, and naturally when she is out in a paddock, the boys are in, so no noise, really. Cody paces, but Justin doesn't bat an eyelash unless the girl is for him. If you say, "not for you, honey", he sighs a lot though. JR just sits at the door and stares at you. I don't think he blinks, <G>. The one I feel sorry for is Becky. I just bred a girl a month ago, the baby boys got to "watch", then they came in and tried to see if Becky, almost 8 and spayed, wanted to play the new game:) When she was adamant in her refusal, they "asked" Mattie. Lesson #1, timing is everything, lol;) The older boys looked on with amusement at the babies antics. They sure are funny! Kathy three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================