Lynda I totally agree with what you have said. My whole point was that some people are so set in their feelings and what they think should be you can not change their attitudes. What bothered me the most was that some one thought I was being condescending when I said I was sure the lady loved her dog and he was a great pet even though he did not resemble the standard anyone who knows me knows I love my dogs. For the last 7 years I have had many seniors living with me that have never been shown or bred. One had a disqualifying fault . But I loved them and they were my great pets sally On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, <falkrigia@xxxxxxx> wrote: > We run into the same problem with some of our items. Fortunately, since > ours are mostly each individually crafted, i can - and do - change the > style to be more or less extreme in angle and 'look' on various items. > HOWEVER, the basic 'standard' still has to apply. A good dog is a good > dog is a good dog. They may be somewhat different in degree of > angulation and 'style' but correct 'type' should always be present > regardless of what they are active in. > > It does make it very difficult for those with products that have a > large expense to the production of the artwork on them such as shirts, > etc. but if you are at a specialty conformation show, that will be the > bulk of your clientele. if you are at a Schutzhund event, not the case. > So, the product must be geared to the primary clientele it it is not > individually able to be crafted. > lynda > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================