First I must explain how we were first introduced to GSPs. Shortly after getting married in 1995, good friends of ours discovered a stray GSP living near their home. After taking care of him and thinking they had placed him, he was returned to them by his “new” family. This is where we came in. After I picked him up for a test drive and had gone down the road a mile or two, I considered returning him. He was like a bouncing super ball in the car. Well, we did not return him and Kramer became our special boy for the next 14 years. Losing him in 2009 due to health reasons was heartbreaking. The depression was more than we ever could have ever imagined. We were sure we could not have another GSP because we thought we would always be comparing him to Kramer, a very high standard to live up to. Thankfully we reconsidered and a few months later we brought Obie into our home.

 

Obie participated in the cell-dog program and the GSP Ohio group were wonderful through the whole process. He has the typical GSP attitude (demanding “it’s all about me!”, vanity, plotting, entertaining) which we absolutely love. A perfect day involves breakfast, a walk/swim/fish, healthy treats, a ride in the truck, another walk or a run, dinner, more treats before going down for the day on top of one of us covered up. We absolutely love him! He makes us feel good. He also is wonderful with our 14 year old H57, Perkins. We are thrilled Obie chose us as his forever home. I often say GSP’s are smarter than most people I know, and I mean it. GSP’s forever!

 

- Carrie and Greg (Massillon, OH)