... two Shepherds; the first was pure white, and his name was Saint. The second was a long-haired Shepherd named Athena. She was the best dog I've ever known. She lived to be 14, which is pretty good for a 100-pound dog.
Then our elder son bought us a Shi Tzu. Making the transition from a German Shepherd guy to a Shi Tzu guy was traumatic, but I managed. 
Now we have a rescue from Texas named Honey, due to her color. She's 3/4 Great Pyrenees and 1/4 Red Bone Coon Hound. When she was rescued she weighed 35 pounds, now she's 80! We've had her a year, marked this past weekend, and she's turning out to be a wonderful dog. She doesn't like car rides, which is unusual, but I suspect that's due to some trauma regarding car rides before we adopted her. I think it was due to her being abandoned in a strange city with her litter of pups.
Anyway, she's got her forever home now, and lovin' it.
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