My Love Affair with German Shepherd Dogs, Archway Publishing. October 19, 2021

By Pamela Brink

Most of my life has been lived with German Shepherd Dogs, beginning with Guapa the puppy my father bought my mother as a wedding present and Gerry the last dog we owned before our imprisonment in a Japanese Internment Camp during World War II.
My mother was an 8th grade teacher. One of her parents gave her a GSD we named Shon.
When I studied at Boston University I acquired a puppy named Bitte who accompanied me to my field work with the Northern Paiute on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation in Nevada.
Then there was Zehren my first show dog and my first brood bitch. She introduced me to the competitive world of conformation and obedience trials.
When I moved to Canada I became a serious breeder and competitor.
When I left Canada to retire in Arizona I took five of my dogs with me. It was only when Lanz, the last of my dogs, died, that I moved into a seniors facility.
I miss living with dogs.