In a message dated 8/5/11 8:49:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pharaohsrevenge@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: The way the GSDCA folks felt about that and the SV telling us we had to justify our GSDs and threatening to kick us out is EXACTLY how the white GSD folks feel now. That made me laugh. I was on the board. Dan Smith brought out a letter and read where the SV said we had to use their standard or we could no longer call the German shepherds. Dan said, we might have to change our standard. There was such an outcry, Dan actually moved his chair back. Everyone started to talk and I thought if there had been a rope in the room, someone would have made a noose. I started to laugh and suggested we call them Schufferhunds. It was one of the funnier moments at the meetings and the spontaneous outburst was amazing. I guess Americans react differently to demands from power, maybe in Germany they are more receptive to that. We tend to speak out. Our board does work for us, and like juries, I have faith in theem Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================