Johnny---Adopted!

Johnny is named for Country Singer Johnny Cash (see below). He is a 12 week old German Shepherd/ Boxer mix.
Johnny is a dark, handsome puppy who certainly has the Boxer look. This dark puppy was named for Johnny Cash, "The Man In Black".

Johnny's story is found on the "Country Singers Puppies" PetFinder page.

Johnny is a blend of 2 wonderful family dog breeds.
He is a sweet ,active, alert friendly puppy who loves to romp and play with his siblings.
Johnny will bring the traits of nurturing and protection to his new family which will emerge as he develops. He is a curious active puppy who also loves to snuggle.
Johnny is already paper trained, he will run over on the paper to "potty", Good puppy!

Johnny will only be adopted as a valued inside family member.

ADOPTION FEE: $135 (Includes Free Neuter Certificate).

If you are interested in adopting Johnny please call Sarella at 706-267-2674
An Application to adopt Johnny can be filled out at:
www.CanineShelterRescue.org

MEDICAL INFORMATION:
Age: 12 weeks as of 1/1/07
Weight at 12 weeks, 12 pounds
Neuter Due: Jan. of 2008
Dewormed: 10/1-3/07, Panacur
DHLPP+C: (#1) 10/10/07
(#2): 10/24/07
(#3) Due: 11/7/07
Rabies Due: Dec of 2007
Begin Heartgard: Dec of 2007
Begin Frontline: Dec of 2007

Johnny is named for Country Music Singer Johnny Cash:
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash on February 26, 1932; died September 12, 2003) was an American, multi-Grammy Award-winning influential country/rock and roll singer-songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash.

Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his demeanor, and his dark clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He traditionally started his concerts with the simple introduction "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."

Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire," "That Old Wheel" (a duet with Hank Williams Jr.)

"The Man in Black" was born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas to his parents both of Scottish descent, and raised in Dyess, Arkansas. By age five, he was working in the cotton fields, singing along with his family as they worked. The family farm was flooded on at least one occasion, which later inspired him to write the song "Five Feet High And Rising." His older brother Jack died in a tragic accident while working a table saw in 1944. His family's economic and personal struggles during the Depression shaped him as a person and inspired many of his songs, especially those about other people facing similar difficulties.

Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught by his mother and a childhood friend, Johnny began playing guitar and writing songs as a young boy. In high school he sang on a local radio station. Decades later, he would release an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. Traditional Irish music that he heard weekly on the Jack Benny radio program, performed by Dennis Day, influenced him greatly.

He was reportedly given the name J. R. because his parents could not agree on a name, only on initials. Giving children such names was not an uncommon practice at the time. He enlisted as a radio operator in the United States Air Force. The military would not accept initials as his name, so he adopted John R. Cash as his legal name. When he signed for Sun Records in 1955, he took "Johnny" Cash as a stage name. His friends and in-laws generally called him John, while his blood relatives often still called him by his birth name, J. R.

As his career was taking off in the early 1960s, Cash began drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates.

Cash quit using drugs in 1968, after a spiritual epiphany in the Nickajack Cave. June, Maybelle and Eck Carter moved into Cash's mansion for a month to help him defeat his addiction. Following, June Carter finally agreed to marry Cash in 1968 after he had 'cleaned up'. Cash rediscovered his Christian faith, taking an "altar call" in Evangel Temple, a small church in the Nashville area. Cash chose this church over many larger, celebrity churches in the Nashville area because he said he was just another man there and not a celebrity.

While an airman in West Germany, Cash saw the B movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951), which inspired him to write an early draft of one of his most famous songs, "Folsom Prison Blues".
Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969).

In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age forty-eight.

Johnny Cash died on September 12, 2003, while hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 71. He was interred next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.