Welcome from Indiana! Your shepherd in your avatar picture is absolutely gorgeous! They are my favorite breed. We have a German Shepherd/Akita mix and a Malinois (Belgium) shepherd currently. We lost 2 German shepherds (a sable and a pure white) last year. We also have a pomeranian but we group him in with the cats!
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