No, the first comment that started this thread was, or gave the perception of, and I am paraphrasing, as I didn't keep the post, people don't put pedigrees in their ads because they have garbage pedigrees!! I ignored it at first, until I got a couple of e-mails telling me what was being said about Harley's pedigree, apparently by a "lady" who doesn't like Asgard or Encore or Caraland or Lorien or Brentaryl or Pinebeach or Windigail dogs. Funny, but, anyone who knows me has no doubt, whatsoever, that I give Ch DianaBanana ALL the credit for Harley's quality. All the other Champions and ROM's in his pedigree were nice, but, DIANA DID IT ALL!! Why would I hide his pedigree?? OK, he does do the Connor happy stretch, but....the rest IS Diana!!!!! :-) AND......NOBODY PUTS DIANA IN THE CORNER!!!!! Paula, 23 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: September Review/Paula's dog Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:56:25 -0700 The first comment about this had nothing to do with solicitation for studs or garnering ROM's or promotion of a line or studs......or as one post said.......garnering "suckers" and self promotion. <G> It was a simple comment mentioning the fact that it would be nice to see at least the sire and dam of a dog.....and even bit of. pedigree if possible. If a gorgeous animal is advertised that Is sired by one of our dogs or out of one of our bitches or even one that we bred.........I truly appreciate the person running the Ad mentioning those dogs!! Anyone that has bred or owned or judged a nice dog ....or a top dog of ANY venue ....knows that a lot of work by the breeder, or owner, or exhibitor or trainer brought about the fine results. It's just nice to have those dogs mentioned....<G> Often the sire, or dam , or both, are lying out on someone's lawn or at our feet as we read the Ads ....and who ever gets tired of seeing their much loved dog's name mentioned? <G> It was just a nice comment or suggestion ......... Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================