I missed most of the posts about this before realizing what was being discussed. This new color or pattern was started by a former club member of our GSD club here in central Ohio. The person was mainly a performance person and as someone else wrote, she said the color mysteriously appeared in a litter, an anomaly supposedly. If I remember correctly, she had 2 of these born within a large litter of otherwise normal black & tan puppies. She took the 2 tri-colors (I refuse to call them Panda Shepherds -sorry!) to Ohio State University Veterinary college to have all sorts of testing and dna done on them. Supposedly they proved there that they pups were indeed from the two dogs she bred and that the color was indeed a mutation of sorts. I think at this point maybe she saw dollar signs. Started breeding them left and right and marketed them as the new and exciting "Panda Shepherds". So, again, I missed the original post or question, but thought the history would be interesting to some. Did one of these show up in a conformation ring somewhere? Jeff -----Original Message----- From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 2:42 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] A question for the judges - tri-color or so called Pan... I've only seen one, in the performance ring, years ago. He as.....different. Judging by how many people have never seen them, I don't hink this pecific color pattern is something to be worried about. leana ===========================================================================OST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION 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 ATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================