The description of the "correct coat" that the standard gives, is what is called a "plush coat". Have you seen any plush coats? I have had plush coats for over 10 or 15 years. They are not Teddy Bear coats. AND, they are not new. Haven't had a long coat in that long or more. The term "As Flat As Possible" means that and nothing more. Barbarar Michelle Crawford wrote: >Sorry to interrupt on this thread, but in my opinion, the plush coats seem to >be the new fad. I must have missed the part in the standard that specified >that the coat should be plush... I thought that the standard asked for a >straight hard coat, outer coat as dense as possible with a thick undercoat, >all laying as flat as possible. Besides, why don't we call these plush coated >dogs, "teddy bear coated shepherds?" > > >I like cats too...... let's exchange receipes!!! > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 >============================================================================ > > > -- Barbara R. icq#14282540 domara4@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.domara.com (beautiful GSDs, where form follows function) http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/animalportraits/index.htm (watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic paintings) http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/ "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================