Kathy, Pine Hill wrote >Which brings me to the next point....boy there's nothing like a good brood >bitch who can conceive with minimal fuss and when the time comes, can lay >down, have her babies w/ no complications...no? Okay, I have to share- Zafra had a litter this summer. All pups sold, but at one point I had 3 waiting to be picked up by their new people. Zafra is an awesome mom, and of course she still spent plenty of time with her babies that were still here. They whelp and grow up in my "morning room" area of my kitchen. A friend stopped by with her 3 kids. Zafra was in with her pups. The pups started getting all silly, play-fighting with each other. We were standing right there chatting and both watched the whole thing happen. Zafra was trying to get them to settle down, I guess, and they weren't listening to her, so she actually separated them. She nudged one over to one corner, made another one go under the chair, third one in the middle. One tried to move; she pushed him back under the chair. She seemed to be totally serious disciplining. I guess that was their time-out. It was truly one of the more awesome things to get to see, like the other day I saw a hawk fly in front of my car, swoop down, grab something with its claws and swoop back up into the air with it. I saw little feet dangling from hawk's grip. Things in life that are a privilege to see. Jodi Distilli www.dinovagsd.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/ ============================================================================