In a message dated 8/7/2009 12:30:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: I hear CONSTANTLY many people that are GSDCA members that HATE the German dogs,and would never , ever want to own one, or train one or show one, and make NO bones about how great the American dogs are , and what CRAP they believe the German dogs to be.... but that singularly- minded attitude is OK for the owners (and I am speaking in generality, not of all) of American only dogs?... On the other hand, I constantly hear about people with both American and German lines tying to put pedigrees together based on the dogs, not their point of origin. I have done that in the past, with very good results. Its easier when you (general YOU) think about the dogs. Ileana ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================