Some news from Canada you might be interested in. Some time ago I received a request from the CKC for a letter from the German Shepherd Dog Club of Canadaon whether or not we were contemplating any changes to our breed standard. They had been contactedby a person (or group) asking about changing our standard by removing the DQ on white dogs.After discussion with other board members I wrote a letter to the CKC informing them the GSDCCwas not contemplating any changes to our breed standard at this time. A short time after this letter I received a information from the CKC that they had received a requestfrom someone to have the White Swiss Shepherd Dog recognized and added to the CKC's list ofMiscellaneous/Listed Breeds. This is to be presented to the CKC board of directors at their Septembermeeting and decided at that time. The CKC requested that we send another letter stating whether or notwe would be in favour of this action. After another meeting with the board and another unanimous voteI wrote another letter stating that the GSDCC was not in favour of this action and would not support it. This is getting a little long so I won't go into any of the reasoning behind our decisions, if anyone wants toknow the research done and the things we found feel free to contact me personally. As a member of the GSDC of America I will state my personal view. The standard doesn't need to bechanged, it should be left as it is and I will vote No on these issues. Bob Stevenson President - GSDC of Canadaand Club Liaison to the GSDC of America. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================