My German Shepherd Family: CLICK HERE TO START (1st time visitors)

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Since I (Bev Armstrong) love to write, AND share pictures, this will be right up my alley.

Let me give you a little history about myself & this gorgeous German Shepherd, Megan....

My first purebred dog (in my adult life) was a Cairn Terrier in 1972. Toto on the Wizard of Oz was a Cairn Terrier. They are fun little dogs BUT are everything terriers should be!

I showed & occasionally bred Cairns for 22 years.

I know, what a difference in breeds, huh?!

I'm dating myself when I say I fell in love with Rin Tin Tin. If you have no idea who I'm talking about, that's ok.

I got my first GSD (German Shepherd Dog) back in 1992. I had always loved the breed, but just admired them "from afar" because I never really knew any good breeders. Her name was Clayfield Raphael von Zinne (aka "Raffie) and she was the BEST. Or at least I thought so at the time :) But I could be a tad biased, you understand.

Long story shorter...many years later I still had "Ria" (a pup from Raffie) The picture below is Ria at 11 years YOUNG!

Ria was 13 when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
Sadly, the DAY AFTER my surgery, I had to put Ria down.
Talk about traumatic :( I still miss her and her big ol' brother, Chopper.

At this point, I had Maya living with me. She is my daughter's dog, but spent a great deal of time here at "Camp Gwamma's" because she loved playing with Ria. Maya is a darling rescue mutt who just couldn't be any better doggie! I don't think my daughter had the heart to take Maya home & leave me "dogless."

I wuv you Gwamma

After several months of chemo treatments & all the lovely side effects that go along with it, my friend Naomi had a very nice litter of German Shepherd puppies. I guess she knew that I'd be the perfect home for one of her little charges! What better way to perk up my spirits than a puppy?!

It had been so long since I had a pupper around...
and Maya told me she wanted a puppy for Christmas....

ENTER Seven Hills Mega Million, aka MEGAN

It was love at first sight of course. This is my favorite German Shepherd pose!

She was 8 weeks old here.

Maya was very happy with her new puppy friend.
They were BFFs from the beginning!

Of course, I have lots of puppy pictures to share with you. Sorry if I don't have them in order.