We had been talking about getting a dog for some time. A friend of mine just brought home a pit puppy when we were visiting one day. At that point, we decided that we simply could not wait any longer. At first, (even though we're both large breed people) we were thinking of something smaller. Not quite the yappy breeds, but maybe a pug. After alot of consideration of WHAT we were looking for in a dog, nothing quite compared to a GSD. Our search began, and we ran across an ad of someone who just got a puppy from a "breeder" but the kids in the house were allergic. (we came to find out much later that Jaz was not from one of the breeder's litters, but a litter that a friend of the breeder had) Needless to say, with his temperament, we didn't really care whether or not he was from a breeder or not... he's a wonderful dog.
Tarja came to us about a year later. We talked about getting a second GSD, but thought it wouldn't be until Jaz was about 2 (he's 1 now) I was searching craigslist for nothing in particular and ran across a posting of GSD puppies seeking homes. Called DH hoping that he would talk some sense into me, but instead he yelled "CALL THEM!" And here we are now
