I guess I should point out that both 10 year olds and one of the 9 year olds were bred by others, not myself. Point being, most are from a variety of bloodlines so I don't feel I've just been "lucky" but am experiencing a true sampling of the overall state of the breed. Of course, JMO! Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "barbarar" <domara4@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <melanagsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: ol folks home > Ok, I got to get in on this. > Right now I have my old sweet girl...Domara's Ultra Violet Light...she > turned 14 1/2 on November 26th. Her buddy Domara's Wildifire turned 13 > 1/2 on November 21st. Only reason I dont have them going every year, > is that I dont breed every year! > They are so cool!!! > I do have a 9 year old, 8year old, etc. > Barbarar > > MelanaGSD wrote: > > >Right now I have 5 "senior citizens" - two 10 year olds, two 9 year olds and > >a 7 year old. They all still act like a puppy except for one 10 year old > >pet who in the last year developed arthritis in his spine - he has his good > >days and bad days. No, not every animal I ever bred has had perfect health > >and lived 13 years but the healthy ones have FAR outnumbered the handful who > >may have had an issue. Problems DO exist and are important to address but > >some people tend focus only on problems totally ignoring any of the > >positives, and others even have a tendancy to make every little molehill > >into a mountain - sort of like projecting hypochondria onto their dogs <G>. > > > >Melissa > > > >Msg: #12 in digest > >From: Danannkennel@xxxxxxx > >Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:58:55 EST > >Subject: ol folks home > > > >How many people actually brag about their ol folks. Right now I am running > >an ol folks home here. > > In the house I have Nasdaq ROM 10 , Revie (Ch Seiko's dam) 10 , huggie > >inbred Nasdaq dau.) 8 > > > > > >=========================================================================== = > >POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 > >=========================================================================== = > > > > > > > > -- > Barbara R. icq#14282540 > domara4@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.domara.com (beautiful GSDs, where form follows function) > http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/animalportraits/index.htm > (watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic paintings) > http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/ > "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere" > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================