Oh my - two sensible posts in one day! I didn't get on here until after 7 pm and two of these from Evan (you must have a heck of a headache by now) have overwhelmed me! I need to take a rest now! Evan, if you keep this up, none of us will ever recognize you again...you're showing a different side of yourself. Or -- have you had this split personality all along and just hidden it well? Peggy ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: >I probably will offend someone, (so, what else is new?), but if you are >using the Illustrated Standard to plan your breeding, I would suggest you not >do >it. The way to learn to breed is to talk to other breeders. What you see is >not what you get. > >The Illustrated Standard is not to help with breeding, but to show what to >look for in the show ring when judging. I don't think it was ever meant for >the > breeders. If you don't understand the genetics of this breed, no written >document is going to help you with that. > >Using the Illustrated Standard to plan a breeding is as good as reading a >pedigree and deciding what to breed to by what you read. > >It is like trying to teach a pig to sing. You just frustrate the pig, and >you are bound to fail. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================