I've written many times about Bonanza, my German Shepard. Grew up with Bonanza. Never had a closer friend. Posted a photo of her on this board some years back of me and Bonanza posing in the snow in our front yard.... the only snow that has ever fallen, and stuck, here in my home town since I've been alive. It is my favorite photo of my youth... teens, and early adulthood. Bonanza was with me for a very long time.... still is in fact. - JamesJM