GSD guards owner's body for 6 weeks - Page 1

As soon as I saw this headline, I just KNEW the dog was a GSD, and sure enough, she is:

 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/12/loyal.dog.ap/index.html

Here's the article:

GREELEY, Colorado (AP) -- A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said.

The body of 25-year-old Jake Baysinger of La Salle, Colorado, was found Sunday on the Pawnee National Grasslands about 75 miles northeast of Denver, Colorado. Cash, his German shepherd, was found beside him, thin and dehydrated but still alive. The dog had apparently survived by eating mice and rabbits, authorities said.

The Weld County coroner ruled Baysinger's death a suicide. The cause of death wasn't immediately determined but authorities found a gun nearby, the coroner's office said Tuesday.

"At least we know it's over now," said Baysinger's wife, Sara. "We'd been looking for my husband for six weeks, and this isn't how we wanted it to end. At least we can close this."

Baysinger was reported missing June 28. An extensive search failed to locate him, but Kip Konig, a rancher, saw the dog last weekend, went to investigate and discovered Baysinger's body and his pickup.

He said Cash kept running back to the pickup and jumping into the front seat.

"I got the sense she was trying to tell me where her master was," Konig said.

Cash was reunited Monday with Sara Baysinger and her 2-year-old son, Lane. She said her little boy is "very close to that dog" and happy to see her again.

Investigators said the dog probably kept coyotes away from the body.

Thats sad..but amazing how the dog stayed by his side for 6 WEEKS!!! Shows true devotion, GSD's are awesome!

Wow, how truly amazing, and shows us what a wonderfully loyal  breed we all love!  Glad she got to make it home after such an ordeal, and hope her owner realizes what a special dog she has!

Incredible.  It doesn't get much more devoted or loyal than Cash.  Just goes to show again how selfish suicide is.

I hope she doesn't have any physical effects from this in the future. 

The thought of that loyal dog standing guard for 6 weeks, all alone and hungry, through long, hot days and alone through the nights, defending her master's body from the coyotes just breaks my heart.  It hurts to think of her.  God bless her heart.  I'm so glad she is back with the rest of her family and now has a little boy to love.

What blessed animals these German Shepherd Dogs are.