It is with sadness that I let you know Josie lost her battle to degenerative mylopothy. We had 9 wonderful years with Josie all filled with joy and laughter thanks to her amazing spirit and personality. She was a gentle soul full of unconditional love. I adopted Josie in 1996 when I was five years out of college. We think Josie was 3 or 4 when I adopted her and boy was she an active girl!! We took long walks daily together, played Frisbee, and at the end of every night she would fall asleep at the foot of my bed. In 1999, Josie and I met Kyle who soon became her other parent in 2001. Several years later we adopted another Shepherd named Sadie and Josie was so thrilled to have a canine sibling! Three months before her death her human sibling finally arrived, Catherine. I had asked Jo to hang on and said a prayer one night that it was my greatest wish that she meet my first born child. And she did. It was such a joy to see how gentle, calm, and loving she was around this tiny little infant weighing only 6 pounds at birth. Josie was and will always be in our hearts. She was the perfect balance between Rin Tin Tin and Lassie. We feel blessed to have had her in our lives and miss her dearly. Thanks to all involved with German Shepherd Rescue for all that you do and for bringing this special creature into our lives.