Nancy my own fear is that once you open the door.....................it opens it for many other things in the future. If it was just someone wanting to do things with their pound mutt that they adore thats great. I still liked the fact that the AKC was a higher standard registry for the betterment of purebred dogs, but now things are really changing. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Harper" <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Show List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:38 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: AKC survey > It is pretty obvious that AKC is very concerned about their ability to > maintain the services they now offer. There are many in our neighbor that > have adopted "mutts" from shelters and the Humane Society. These dogs > have > loving homes, many are families with children of all ages. If AKC were to > offer performance classes for mixed breeds perhaps this would bring in new > people who, upon observing the pure breed dog, would become interested in > our sport/hobby. > I am for well behaved, good citizens, pure bred and otherwise. I am not > however, in favor of any kind of registration for these mixed breeds. > Nancy Harper > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Penny & Bill" <Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Show List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:55 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: AKC survey > > > I have no problem with mixed breeds vying for performance titles. It may > show some of those owners what they can get with a pure bred dog--they'll > see lots of them at shows. But let's call a spade a spade: The AKC is > doing > this survey to justify what it wants--the almighty dollars that will be > brought in by allowing mutts to enter dog shows. > PERIOD > Penny in NY > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================