If you want to be offended, that's your choice. What I mean by "sick of black and red" doesn't mean "Eradicate black and red! OMG it's AWFUL!". It means "it's not the only color in existence". I don't get what the obsession is to have a black and red dog. I'd own one, but I wouldn't obsess with breeding them Seeing ONE pattern all the time is, IMO, boring. The GSD is one of those breeds that comes in MANY colors, so why is there such an obsession with just ONE!? You say "color is not very important" (you also assume I have not read any history). As per the standard it is not important, but people (in this particular case, the Germans) have MADE it important to them, breeding only black and red saddled dogs. I would like to see a non working line bi color west german show line myself! -- Jackie & Marcato German Shepherds S Konzert vom Drachenberg, RN, CD, CGC "Strauss" Devine's Gunpowder N Lead "Mirada" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================