And some people who have paid the big money for an import had major problems occur Sent from my iPad On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:24 PM, MORGAN LEWIS <shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > �From a well informed Breeder/Owner: > > > �OFTEN, SOME �� People, tend to� BREED �to the�� TOP AMERICAN BRED ,�WINNING� > DOGS,� REGARDLESS� OF HEALTH OR TEMPERAMENT� PROBLEMS...AS LONG AS THEY ARE > PLEASING CONFORMATION-WISE... > EVEN IF THEY COME FROM THE SAME� BLOODLINES, IN THE BACKGROUND, OVER AND > OVER!!!! AD INFINTUM WITH THE SAME HEALTH PROBLEMS, ETC. ETC. > > � ANY PARTICULAR� LINE, OR LINES, �TEND TO DOMINATE THE BREED, IF IT� IS > PRODUCING SHOW WINNERS..� > �OFTEN, AND �SADLY, �LITTLE REGARD IS PAID TO THE�� "FUTURE"�� �HEALTH AND > WELL-BEING OF THE GSD BREED IN THE USA, AS > �LONG AS THAT LINE PRODUCES CHAMPIONS...� > > OUTCROSSING, SOONER OR LATER, �IS A MUST, IF A LINE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN > HEALTH AND VIGOR AND VITALITY, ETC...� > � > TODAY, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WEALTHY ENOUGH� ( AND, OR KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH > ABOUT THE WEST GERMAN SHOW LINES,) TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER AND BUY THE TOP > DOGS�.... > AS WAS POSSIBLE IN THE� OLD DAYS... BUT IF SUCH A ONE COMES OVER, WE SHOULD > SERIOUSLY CONSIDER� HIS OR HER VALUE TO OUR BREEDING PROGRAM.. SOMETIMES ONE > WILL WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND SOMETIMES NOT... > > � THERE� ARE WAYS TO LEARN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE BEST OF SOME OF THE� > MAGNIFICENT� WEST GERMAN� DOGS... > > � BUT IT TAKES DEDICATION AND�" LOTS OF MONEY " !!!!!!��� TO BE ABLE TO� > PURCHASE�� ONE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING IN THE� BREED..AND THAT IS > IF THE� OWNER WILL SELL THAT DOG, AT ALL!!� THERE WAS A� YOUNG MALE I WAS > VERY� INTERESTED IN, PEDIGREE AND�� VERY� STRONG, CONTINUOUS �FAMILY �TYPE > AND TEMPERAMENT AND STRONG HEALTHY� BLOODLINES...� > BUT, SADLY, �I DIDN'T HAVE�$ 65,000.00�� IN EURO'S,� TO BUY HIM�. > ... > �MOST OF THESE TOP QUALITY WEST GERMAN�� SHEPHERDS, �ARE ALWAYS DOMINATE FOR > THEIR TYPE, SO YOU MUST BREED AN AMERICAN BRED THAT IS� SUITABLE > CONFORMATION, TEMPERAMENT, CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, ETC... TO ACHIEVE� THE � > TYPE, YOU ARE SEEKING TO BREED. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY YOU WANT > IT... AND HOW TO KEEP THE TYPE....GOING FORWARD... AND HAVE THE MONEY TO > AFFORD THE ENTIRE� OPERATION... INCLUDING� THE PURCHASE OF FUTURE BREEDING > PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR HIM,� OR HER, ETC...� IT ISN'T EASY.. > � > IN THE OLD DAYS WE HAD MANY� PEOPLE WITH��LOTS OF �MONEY� AND THEY OFTEN > FORMED�� BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.. LIKE THE BID-SCONO GROUP,�AND �ALL > CONTRIBUTED TO THE PURCHASE OF AN OUTSTANDING� WEST� GERMAN� �BREED > REPRESENTATIVE...TO BRING INTO THE USA.... > > AND� WE ALSO� OFTEN HAD� A� BREEDER, �WHO WAS WELL-CONNECTED WITH THE GERMAN > BREEDER'S AND� COULD NEGOTIATE.. > > �. I DO NOT� THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SUM OF� $ 500,000.00�� IS NOT > CONSIDERED�" THAT EXPENSIVE", FOR A� SEIGER SHOW, �TOP� WINNING WEST GERMAN > MALE...AND THERE ARE OFTEN STRINGS ATTACHED, SUCH AS , SAID DOG, HAVING TO BE > RETURNED TO GERMANY TO STAND AT STUD THERE, PERIODICALLY, ETC. ETC. ETC.� > > � JUST A THOUGHT... FROM ONE WHO LIVED� AND BRED WEST GERMAN� LINES, �CROSSED > WITH �AMERICAN LINES VERY SUCCESSFULLY, IN THOSE EARLY 1950 TIMES AND� STILL > AT IT...�WE SHOULD NOT SHUT OUR EYES TO ANY POSSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THIS GSD > BREED... > OUTCROSSING,� PERIODICALLY,��TO ME, IT IS �THE ONLY WAY TO GO SUCCESSFULLY > �FORWARD WITH THE�� GSD� BREED..���� > > > > > > � > Morgan� Lewis, RPh. > Member GSDCA > President Last Hope of� Georgia 501c3 > "So Much to Do, So Little Time" > ============================================================================ > 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. 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