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Well our girl finally got her certificate... she is now a member of the

GSDCA's (German Shepherd Dog Club of America) "Thirteen Club"!!



Had to fill out forms and submit things like a copy of her AKC registration

and a 4 generation pedigree.



This club is for gsd's 13 years old or older, and they sent us a really

nice "suitable for framing" (we won't bother doing that!) thing looks

kind of like a diploma. They are basically getting together a large

database of gsd's and longevity, health problems, bloodlines...



The only sad part was they also send you (I didn't know this beforehand)

a card to send in when the gsd "Crosses over the Rainbow Bridge". :-1



But at least our girl has made it this far, battle with cancer and all!!



:-4

Well done Tamsen. :-4

Aw, Val...you must be so proud!! :-4 :-6 :-4 :-6



I don't think I ever learned how Tamsen got her name. Did you ever tell us?

I might have said but a search would probably be longer than just

saying it again...



She was named after Tamsen Donner of the Donner Party. A very,

very brave lady who was loyal to her husband, turned down a

couple of chances at rescue from the Sierras to stay with him

when he was very ill. She did end up losing her life.



She just had very good qualities, I wanted those qualities in my

pup and boy I sure got 'em. And out of 188,691 dogs on Dogster

(today's count!) she's still the only Tamsen!



:-4

Val, I'm so proud of Tamsen. :-4

And so happy for you!

It's obvious you have enriched each other's lives tremendously :-6

Yeah Tamsen! :-4