I can't resist...I have to tell this story. I had people buy a nice quiet East German/American cross from me about 5 years ago now. When she was three she developed an inner ear infection. Their vet totally screwed up the diagnoses (said it was viral), the infection spread and long story made short the dog died. The people decided they were going to go all the way and buy one of them big, fancy German import dogs. So, they found an importer who impressed them with his schutzhund knowledge and even offered to throw in free puppy schutzhund training (whatever that is). They paid $2000. for the dog. The best part is; the last time I saw the dog he was in his owners late model pickup truck, which was parked at the local grocery store. He was entertaining himself by gleefully throwing large chunks of the seat around and ripping more away. I guess all that puppy schutzhund training had taught him how to bite real well! SueT ============================================================================ 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================