Evan, Was it Ch Deannson's On Broadway? I only mention him because about 4 or 5 people have sent me PMs about that dog and said he was from the 80's!!! I want to agree with you but I have seen too many dogs that are noise sensitive, timid, lack confidence, tuck their tails and shake in the ring( they were in the class where all the dogs were Champions already), are nervous, etc and no way those dogs can do ScH. No way. No how. Just no, no, no. Won't happen. Youtube some the American working dog Championship or one of those and watch these dogs work. Heart stopping!!! Just recently, I was training with a top ScH trainer who also does french ring!! We were tracking. You want to watch pure working dogs...youtube french ring instead! Holy freaking cow!! Nuts!! Anyways, she has a West German showline and had trained him to an IPO 1. Really nice dog. Impeccable temperament. Solid, Confident. She said he had Clean, hard bites with full grips. I believe her as she is one of the top Sport competitors and has the only GSD to have both top ScH and French ring titles. Yet, the dog was social and had great type. He did not have the ugly German roach back. Great pigment and head piece. If I had to fault him, I thought he carried his tail a bit too high for my taste but in the scheme of things....a tiny issue. My point is you could have stood this dog up and put him in an akc ring or a sieger show or on a competition field and he would look like he belonged everywhere. Which was neat. She had no problem crossing him to an east german bitch. But, she refuses to breed him until he gets his breed survey. Sorry for my tangents as it's late and I am distracted by the Patriots game!!! hehehe Sarah On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:57 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 9/12/2013 7:51:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > gsdworkingline@xxxxxxxxx writes: > My question is.....have some breeders of American bloodlines, through > selective breeding, bred traits that are rewarded in the conformation ring > at > the expense of proper working ability and temperament? It looks like it has > been decades since an American bred (American bloodlines top and bottom > through 5 generations) has been able to acquire a Championship in the ring > and earn a ScH or HGH title. I know that Darby Dan has a working dog that > just stepped into the AKC ring and finished his Championship and a top VA > german showline with a ScH 3 has a couple majors but that is all I know about > due to my limited knowledge > > When 2 X Select Asgard's Destiny was winner's bitch at the national, she > went number two select. At the same time the number two select dog was a Sch > dog, as well. I will let someone else look it up and name that dog. > > It was 1982. Is anyone surprised I came up with the year. > > And of course Ben was from Gotti. > > And I stand behind my belief. It isn't the quality of the dog as much as > the desire of the owner. > > > > > > > Evan L. Ginsburg > Asgard German Shepherds > http://www.asgardgsd.com/ > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. 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