I grew up with a German Shorthair. Her name was Lady and although my Dad tried to mate here with another Shorthair, it never worked. Then the neighbor's Lab sailed over our fence and many days later we had 11 pups or which 9 survived. What a variety of colors/spots there was. Only one black like the Lab. The rest were either spotted black/white, spotted liver/white, or solid liver. Every Thanksgiving after getting her we had pheasant for the table. Thanks for the memories. Hope you heat is finally back on by now and you and Suzy are warm again.