When I HATE the human race.... today was one of them. I spent hours today traipsing around in the woods of rural Alabama, in the rain. I was trying to find a litter of puppies born there. I did finally, with Diedre's help find the litter. Unfortunately, momma dog had them so well hidden and placed that there is NO way to get them out of there without a bulldozer. So, at least for the time being, the pups will have to stay where they are. The good news is Momma and pups are more or less safe. They are on private FENCED property and the homeowner (really nice people! not the reason I hate people!!) are feeding her well and TRYING to 'tame' her. No luck on that one so far. They also have two other dogs that were also strays. The male lab x (neutered) seems to be protecting momma and pups. He became highly agitated when Diedre got close. We're going to wait a couple of weeks for the pups to open their eyes and start moving about. Then we'll try again to get them to come out of their hole. In the meantime they are still trying to get momma to come to them. The homeowner is going to spend a little time when she can just sitting outside the 'den' talking, so the pups get used to hearing her... hoping that makes them easier to catch. This momma dog was DUMPED at these folks property. She has been there about three weeks. The homeowner has been trying to catch her ever since she was dumped there. And apparently this is not the first time this has happened. In fact that is how they got their other two dogs. How in heavens name can someone do this? What I wouldn't give for just 5 minutes with the scumbag that would dump a pregnant, scared dog in the middle of nowhere. This girl is not purebred GSD as was originally believed. I suspect a LOT of chow in her background. Lord knows what the puppies are, I didn't get a chance to see them. Ahh, sorry for rambling... I just needed to vent. Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA Never underestimate the ability of the hypocritical to hoodwink the sanctimonious. www.rihadin.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================