Thanks Jim, I read the article...and yes I would say she has concerns which many were blamed on over-breeding due to our breed's popularity....I believe some of her statements are valid and a few of her conclusions are based on illogical premises...she mentioned that one police department has gone from using GSDs to Belgian Malinouxs because the Malinoux is more hardy and more stable.....the Oakland Police department has had more trouble with it's Malinouxs over the years from BAD bites ( including some of the OPD officers getting bit)........no way is this breed more RELIABLE  as a working police dog...Miss Orlean was only able to site one police source for this claim....the over whelming number of working police dogs in THIS country....and I'm guessing Germany as well is the GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG....period....but I don't want to fight or argue with Miss Orlean...and I plan to finish reading her book quickly ( since I have no job..lol)...I think WE need to invite this woman to the 2013 World show in Philadelphia!....I plan to read Daphne's book when it comes out also....the death of our breed is greatly exaggerated....lol....Ed Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Barnhart" <jim_barnhart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "Showlist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:05:50 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: New Book Her book may be well written and I love Rin Tin Tin.  The TV show was  one of the reasons I had to have a GSD but the author Susan Orlean is  no friend of GSD breeders:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/one-dog-that-has-had-its-day.html On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Joan Fox wrote: > I received the new book Rin Tin Tin for Xmas. Entertaining, strongly  > writtem and historically informative it is a great endorsement of  > our breed. > Joan > > Joan F. Fox > website:  http://www.campaignersgsds.com > 17500 Haskins Rd. > Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023 > Cell: 440-759-4119 ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================