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Second favorite pet, we used to have 2 Blue fronted amazons and they were a riot. I really miss them!!

@cornfed Nice looking dogs!! I am glad your pug is not a standard. Some of the people that have them the poor things can hardly breathe. Ask your vet about the green mussel extract, after about 4 to 5 months it should help with the pain reduction. @A1UC Looks like a happy pup, great smile...

Just found this in wiki "As a sweetener and sugar substitute, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations. " I guess fresh is the right way to go!!! And Dr. Pepper was my favorite when I was young, we get it here sometimes but it just aint the same.

The Stevia that we get here does not taste to much like licorice. Mabie processed differently. It is not a sweetener here it is a "Food Suppliment". The only stevia I use though is fresh off of the plant, we have it in our garden, you do have to adjust and when making tee I get the sweet without sugar. Could be the lemon I put in is counteracting the licorice taste though??

Havent they been trying to use Stevia??? I saw a report (here in D-Land) that said the big ones would like to sweeten their beverages since 2008 or so with it???

Here is a pic of Aribert von Grafrath the winner of the breeder show for Deutscher Schäferhund from 1904, do YOU see the differences to now???

This unfortunately HD is a problem common to almost all DSH at the moment and will not change until the breeders get their act straight. As you have probably read in the post above they breed in the hip drop and this changes the entire force displacement. There is a procedure for a replacement hip used here that many use with good results, our Vet had his dog done over 4 years ago and it has 0 problems and can run and jump again. It is prety expensive though. I am happy the meds are working!! Are you giving him green mussel extraxt?? This is supposed to help keep the cartlage soft (supposed to work on humans too) and helps to reduce pain. I would love to see a pic!!!

@Tragusa: The papiers you are showing are coming out of Slovania (Chech Republic) The WUSV on the bottom right shows that they are in the "German Shepard Union" and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in the middle is the international federation of kennel clubs which does breed to the "German Standards" which in my eyes are just wrong. It looks like most of the blood line (the name with the v and v.d. in the middle is "von" and "von der" which means "from" and "from the" and is normally used for the Kennel they came from) comes from Germany. If your dog has a straight back then they breeded to the "older" standards which have less tendency to get HD, UD, Monorchism and a full set of teeth ( I kid you not). Also in the over breeding the ears tend to bend and do not stay straight. There are studies here now that around 50% of the pups are BORN with HD. If you have no problems feel lucky and enjoy them. Not all of the dogs breed to this standard have to get these defects. The attached picture you can see the "Standards" on the left side of the picture in dark black is the "Standard" DSH the yellow outline is that of a Mali. The right side of the Pic is How the standard was in 1904 for the DSH (once again black) against a Mali. As you see the standard droped the back hips and brought the neck and chest forward.There is an appeal to the Mali breeders her not to do the same thing and ruin a wonderful dog!! It is sad how the breeders are changing the dogs to how they want them to look instead of breeding healthy animals, another example is the Pug, nose almost gone and can hardly breath. I just don´t understand it...

Hey Max, nice to see you here again.

Rin Tin Tin was a german sheppard when they still were healthy and before the breeders got there hands on them. One of the big discussions here since a lot of the police K-9 units (in Germany) are slowly changing to the Mali. Great looking dog and one of my heros of my childhood.

The last shotgun I had in my hand was one of these. Had a nice feel and not all that much recoil. Was fun to shoot.

Nice one, I am so jealous it is very hard to get firearms here!!! Don´t the lighter ones have more recoil??

You can never go wrong with meat, cheese and mushroom.

Could you please ship a ton of those to me please????

Man I miss funnel cakes at the fairs, one should not look into this thread first thing in the morning before breakfast!!!

You were taking a chance there if you did not bring them up on a Varia, I am happy it worked out for you!!

Thanks, I should have said my little buddet, she is a female. They do grow up fast, when we got her she was 10 weeks old and had stubby little legs and a short snout. Now, some of our friends call her the "long legged diva". 32 lbs at 3 months, man he is getting big fast, ours only has 60 lbs now, and is "full grown" but is a smaller race. Hope you are having fun with him and he will grow up healthy!!! Has he found out what socks and shoes are for? (naturlich to teeth on) Even today we cannot leave a sock laying around without her trying to steal it!!

I thought I would put this in here since it is about our best friends... Today 15.09.2011 is my "little buddie" 1 year old.

This might also help!!! How to Perform a Native American Rain Dance 1 Wear turquoise and feathers, if you have any. Many Native American tribes associate turquoise with rain and feathers with the wind. Put on any turquoise-colored clothing that you may have and turquoise jewelry. If you have access to any bird or decorative feathers, place a couple in your hair or secure them to a hat and wear them during the rain dance. 2 Find an outdoor space where you have plenty of room to move around. Choose a space that has sparse or no tree cover so that you have a clear view of the sky. The terrain of the space you choose should be relatively flat, which will make it easier to perform the rain dance. 3 Spin around in circles. Begin spinning clockwise at a slow and steady pace. Chant your own simple rain chant as you spin. Your chant can be something as simple as the word "rain" repeated over and over or an entire phrase, such as "Come down rain." Raise your hands to the sky occasionally to urge the rain to fall. 4 Speed up your spinning and chanting. The longer you spin and chant the faster you should spin and chant. Close your eyes as you dance and breathe in deeply between chants. When you want to end the dance, drop to your knees in silence. Stay on your knees until any dizziness you feel goes away and you can regain your balance. Taken from http://www.ehow.com/how_5722524_perform-native-american-rain-dance.html This will appease the rain spirits and keep the hurricanes at bay!!

I don´t play an instrument but did sing in a band a couple of years back. First big gig was a city festival where we did not think many people would come. Before we started we saw about 100 or so people in front of the stage and thought cool some folks will be here. Nerves got to me and I had to [+o(] right after that the sets started so I could not think about it. Throughout the night more and more people came, it was dark so we did not see them, somehow the crowd just got louder and louder. After the first break we found out that over 2,500 people came to our stage (there were 3) and we got this feeling like holy s#*t. Somehow after that we got better and better the longer the night went, call it feed back from crowd or we just got psyched. We were supposed to stop at 24:00 but did not get "let go" until 01:30, totally wiped out and I could hardly talk anmore let alone sing. That was the 1st and only big gig we did, I do not sing anymore (least not in a band) but the memory will be with me forever. One of the best things I ever felt.

Ché Guevara If I am not mistaken...

Or how about this one it looks promising!!! http://www.swampy.net/petairconditioner.html http://www.swampy.net/hprices.html

Wow dude thats cool! but 6 agm truck batteries, and the unit weights almost 200lbs! I cant imagine that this thing would sell for under $2000! Thats a little more then I want to spend. The Waeco units are smaller and could be attached on top of the Bed cover, Here they run around 1200€ or so. Or for a boat, they also have small units. Like this unit http://www.dometic.com/enus/Americas/USA/Marine/Cruisair/DX-Self-Contained/products/?productdataid=80905 Quoted from this web site: http://phoenix.about.com/od/car/a/summercar.htm Before we get to the tips, here are a few words about children and pets. Do not ever leave children or pets in a closed car. It doesn't take much for heat stroke to set in, or worse. Every year children and pets die in cars. Small children and animals are not able to open a window or open a door like you can. Typically, they will be quiet as heat overcomes them, so there won't be crying or other audible indications of trouble. Cracking the windows does not help; it doesn't prevent the temperature in the car from rising. Leaving children and pets inside a closed car, or even one with the windows rolled down, is dangerous, deadly, and illegal.

Darn, once again I was blocked because I am in another country and cannot see it, rats!!!

Or something like this http://www.arcticbreeze-truckac.com/