Not in public ;-) M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Little" <pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx, amidon481@xxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:55:17 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Breeding Does anyone advertise "Dallas Free lines" yet? Rebecca Little Peakes Brook German Shepherds http://sites.centralpets.com/mammals/peakesbrookgsd/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindenhill German Shepherds" <lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amidon481@xxxxxxx> Cc: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 5:50 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Breeding > Since I've put one foot in, I might just as well jump in with both feet. > > Barbara, I did not refer to him as awful. I can understand that you have a > vested interest in perpetuating the mystique, but do you really believe he > is the best of all time. > > I simply don't think he walked on water. He offered many breeders a > correction in many ways - if you needed it. We did not, and we were among > those encouraged to breed to him - we chose otherwise. > > In my opinion, there were/are many that offered those attributes and more, > but they did not benefit from the "Chemistry" backing Dallas. No crying in > my spilt milk here, it is what it is. > > I too saw Dallas prior to his run up, and reiterate he was a decent dog, > he straightened out a few issues and added some of his own. But that is to > be expected from such a well used dog. I happen to think that the bitches > had more to do with it, and Dallas didn't hurt those breeding's to any > great degree. I re-looked at his record on the "Gsdreviewed" site, the > majority of the bitches bred to him were owned/co-owned or handled by the > team(around 80%).Others were negotiated with handling considerations > either on them or the progeny virtually locking in ROM's - sheesh who > wouldn't jump at that. > > Kool-Aid Free, and not giving the Devil his due > > M > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================