[Joe 6-pack]

"Is that your dog?"

My dog, my roommate, and best friend...

[Hot Tabasco]

Are the 2 photos you posted of the same dog?

[Hot Tabasco]

The dog in your post #25 appears to be beefier than your dog in #71. I am only curious because my dad had a shepherd that was the most beautiful shep I had ever seen.

Its coloration was black and silver and he was BIG. I have never seen another like him until a couple years ago when in my local paper they featured a local dog trainer and his shep.

The dog could have been my dad's dog's litter mate. Anyway, I sent the trainer an email requesting info on the dog but the jerk never responded. Then last year about this time I was at a vegetable stand north of me when a gal showed up with a young shep the same coloration but smaller that was being trained to become a seeing eye dog.

After dad had put Zarek down I guess he threw away the papers that came with him because I have never been able to find them. I would love to have a shep myself but their hereditary hip dysplacia is too much to cope with after so few years with them.

[Black Tooth]

Thanks. There is just something about dogs, their intelligence, friendship and loyalty. And I have always had a big old soft spot for German Shepard's. My family had one when I was just a kid. A dream come true for a kid. Many years later, we now have one in our family.