This morning. In my last litter, one of the puppies born in the middle of the puppies was teeny tiny. No more than a half a handful (of course she was born into my hand) and even before she was all the way out of her momma, even when she was still in the sack, I was worried. The first few breaths were labored but then she was fine, but with 8 other siblings and her half the size of the next smallest puppy, there were quite a few round-the-clock days, me sitting in the whelping box every few hours making sure she got her fair share. Ok...more than her fair share <G>. Well, if she didn't grow up to be pretty....so much so that she stayed. Today, I watched my 10 week old puppy "Flirt", play in the leaves, shoulder, shoulder, shoulder, iron back, pretty, pretty expression, suspension, nice follow through and yes, on many levels I had goose bumps. Flirt is quite a pistol though I must say. Good for her, she may not have made it otherwise. Why is it that the boys are sweet and the girls are little toughies???? And off to handling class later with her year old 1/2 sister. She's a pistol too. I wonder if anyone will notice in all of that hair that she's going to be wearing a prong???? And yes, she'll still drag me around the ring. But maybe, just maybe I can get a fraction of her attention, lol! Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 11/15/2010 2:13:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, uwish@xxxxxxxxxx writes: http://insidethegermanshepherddogsworld.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================