The fact that every dog in North American that came from East Germany, seems to be a border patrol dog, leads me to believe the border must be at least 2 million miles long to have so many dogs on it. Have you ever driven in a Lada? They used them in East Germany as well. Come to think about it what else besides these border patrol dogs have come from East Germany? What border were they working on? The wall, the wire, the road blocks. How many dogs did they use? For those of you still buying East German dogs here is an awakening thought. There is no more East Germany. Don’t despair though. There are still former East German dogs. That has to be worth an extra mark or two. If that does not entice you, there is always the Czech border dogs. It too is a very long border. They sell off their border patrol dogs by the pound. Funny, no American or Mexican border patrol dogs. Why? That’s simple. They are all East German border patrol dogs. Someone is selling these dogs to them, because they are border patrol dogs. I imagine huge amounts of dogless gaps in this endless border. Must be an awful lot of dog crap in East Germany. No, just a lot of crap. No good dogs in North America. Even the border dogs turn bad once they drink the water. To say all dogs from Europe are poor is just as foolish as saying all dogs from Europe are good or all dogs from North America are poor. I will tell you this though. You have a much better chance of getting a good dog in North America than in Europe and just as much a good chance from a back yard breeder as a large kennel. Experience is the best teacher. I am basing my statements on experience. I have the paperwork from the dogs and the places they came from on file. In other words I can prove what I am saying. For many years I purchased dogs to try them. I built a dog cemetery to accommodate them. It has a very large border. ©Mike McConnery/Baden K9 Incorporated 02/04/04