In a message dated 8/6/2009 9:17:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: I don't see how anyone representing our country and our colors in a positive way, could NOT be a good thing. Please explain this concept to me? Picture this. A team of German shepherds appears at the World Union. They wear outfits that say GSDCA-WDA and are in red white and blue. When asked, they make sure to deride the American dogs, and brag that they have only dogs bred in Germany to use to compete. They insist the reason is that we in America breed a dog too soft, with no prey drive, and poor temperament. It is the WDA that has the only valuable dogs, the GSDCA is used to support that opinion, and are stupid enough to let them support our breed. On top of that, we spend money to send them there to denigrate the American dog. How can I be proud of that? I love America and support it. I do not support those who don't agree, but I do support their right to that opinion, but I don't have to send them around the world to try to spread that message. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================