Still nothing. And why can't you work around a dog in a cart??? What a lot of yakking. And butt nosing. Colleen Donnelly. Whispawillow German Shepherds <whispawillow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: If you have ever been to Sylvia's place you would totally understand her reasoning. As for improvising for herself. Well I have been to Sylvia's place a few times and I can only see one solution to her personal problem come a day she finds herself in need of a wheel chair (god forbid) and that would be to put the place up for sale :o( then not only will she loose her home but so would the many beautiful mobile shepherds that rely on her everyday. On that note I personally understand her circumstances and if she ever had to sell the place i will be there :o) I would love to go back to the island to live. Cold in saskatchewan Maria Fabrik Whispawillow German Shepherds www.whispawillowkennels.com Shepherds for show, work and play ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Msg: #4 in digest Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 21:54:37 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Donnelly Subject: Re: How to destroy the breed in three generations As I said, you'd work around it for yourself. So why not the dogs. Colleen Donnelly. Crystaridge wrote: If you saw our property, you would understand what I am saying. The HOUSE AND DECKS are not the problem --- the property is the problem. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Donnelly" To: ; ; Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: How to destroy the breed in three generations >"Yes, I know, some get hooked up to those carts, which are >wonderful, but they don't work for dogs that are in >a location such as we are in." > >Sylvia, unless you live in a house on stilts ( and even then ) , your location would work just as well as anyone else's. Build a ramp ( you did say you were wobbly, so you as well may need one soon ) , clear a room of the non-senient's like an end table or two. Work around the problem, just as you would do for yourself. What would you tell your puppy buyers if this came up? > >Colleen Donnelly > >Crystaridge wrote: >Our first male was about 3/4 German and we lost him to DM at 11 years of >age. We lost his daughter with DM at >around 10 years of age and one of her daughters went with the same thing at >about the same age. Our Lori's daughter, >Crystaridge's Absolute Miracle, CD (remember her???) just died of old >age. Was getting a bit wobbly towards >the end, but it wasn't DM ---- well, certainly didn't look like it. She was >well over 15. I'm getting a bit wobbly too, and >I don't have DM. > >It's out there and unfortunately we don't usually KNOW that it is there >until these dogs have produced. It would be >a wonderful thing if they can finally get DNA markers for this insidiuous >problem. The part of this that is so very sad is >the fact that these dogs are as healthy as can be, and if they were humans >they would go into a wheelchair to live out their >lives. Yes, I know, some get hooked up to those carts, which are >wonderful, but they don't work for dogs that are in >a location such as we are in. > >Sylvia >Crystaridge German Shepherds >http://www.geocities.com/crystaridgegsd/ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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