[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: EASY to read..Organized Revision Format
- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lindabankhead44@xxxxxxxxx>, "'Showlist'" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:46:55 -0700
After feeling like a "lone voice in the wilderness" for some time
I SURELY appreciate Linda Bankhead and her huge work and efforts
IMMENSELY!! THANK YOU SO MUCH Linda!! You have gotten more done
in a week than I could do in two years! <G>
Hope you all take time even just to read what Linda has put in an easy
to read format below. The weakness of the revisions is glaring.
ie.
Head: Almost any and all colors of noses are no longer a DQ.
Color: ONLY ALBINOS are disqualified! NO PROBLEM...there AREN'T ANY!!
Coats: ANYTHING goes! Except lack of undercoat is DQ! NO DOGS can be
shown out of coat! BUT...long coats are fine. <G>
"dense as possible"?? .. eh? Long coats are dense on the bottom and
all the trim and bushings. <G>
"somewhat longer" ... eh? A judge is going to have lots of fun
deciding what is incorrect now...but it sure WON'T BE A LONG COAT!!
DQ's. Well there are NO ALBINOS in this Breed to DQ anyway...so
WHAT is an "ALBINO CHARACTERISTIC"???
Seems to me the most simple part of this Standard Revision is a big
resounding NOOOOOOooooooo!
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
-----Original Message----From: On Behalf Of Linda Bankhead
Thank you everyone for the nice emails. I am a bit over whelmed with
questions. (which is good!) Below is the timeline of events and the revised
standard you will be voting on.
It is important to note that the color is not just about the white GSD. A
nose not predominantly black will no longer be a DQ. This new standard
will now allow blues and livers along with whites to be serious faults.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSuELwWRanQ
April 2013: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: Board approves to extend
reduced membership fee $36 through all of 2013.
April 2013 GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: forms Standard Committee to
makes recommendations on coat and color. BOD approves and sends new
standard to AKC. (Dean, Gary, Lew, Laura, and Dorothy Lynn opposed)
August/September 2013. GSDCA National Premium List sent out. Membership
never approved; but published White GSD now eligible for Obedience Victor/
Victrix.
August/September Jim Moses has an article in GSD Review promoting white GSD.
No article accompanies con.
August 2013. Annual ballot sent to GSDCA membership (see below). Includes
vote from membership if White GSD should be eligible for Obedience Victor/
Victrix.
October 2013. White GSD awarded Obedience Victor Title GSDCA National
Specialty.
October 2013: Annual ballot results are announced.
This vote addresses the eligibility of GSD with disqualifying conformation
faults to win the performance Victor/Victrix awards at the GSDCA national.
1. The performance Victor/ Victrix must be free of disqualifying faults as
stated by the AKC GSD Standard and as verified by a GSD Breed judge at the
National.
2. The performance Victor/Victrix is judged solely on its performance and
not by a conformation breed standard.
In Favor of #1 533 In Favor of #2 395 (clearly the membership is not
supporting white GSD.
October 2013: AKC publishes GSDCA New Standard in minutes.
October/November 2013: Discrepancies, mistakes, contradictions found in
verbiage new GSDCA Standard submitted to AKC.
April 2014: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: GSDCA approves and sends new
“corrected†Standard to AKC.
April 2014: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: BOD unanimously votes to
publish New Standard in GSD Review.
May 2014: AKC approves GSDCA New Standard.
July 2014: Linda Bankhead requests copy of “New Standard†from AKC and
shares with you on Facebook.
July 31s 2014: GSDC publishes 2014 BOD minutes January and April on GSDCA
website.
August 2014: GSD Review has no Revised Standard information.
August 2014: Ballot on changing GSD Standard sent to membership.
You will be voting on each change separately.
Head:
Current: A dog with a nose that is not predominantly black must be
disqualified.
Revised: A dog with a nose that is not predominantly black is to be
seriously faulted.
Color:
Current: The German Shepherd Dog varies in color, and most colors are
permissible. Strong rich colors are preferred. Pale, washed-out colors and
blues or livers are serious faults. A white dog must be disqualified.
Revised:
The German Shepherd Dog varies in color, and most colors are permissible.
Strong rich colors are preferred. Liver, blues, whites and dogs without
predominantly black noses are very serious faults. Dogs exhibiting albino
characteristics are to be disqualified.
Coat:
Current: The ideal dog has a double coat of medium length. The outer coat
should be as dense as possible, hair straight, harsh and lying close to the
body. A slightly wavy outer coat, often of wiry texture, is permissible.
The head, including the inner ear and foreface, and the legs and paws are
covered with short hair, and the neck with longer and thicker hair. The
rear of the forelegs and hind legs has somewhat longer hair extending to
the pastern and hock, respectively. Faults in coat include soft, silky, too
long outer coat, woolly, curly, and open coat.
Coat: Revised:
The ideal dog has a double coat of medium length; a long coat is also
permissible. The outer coat should be as dense as possible, hair straight,
harsh and lying close to the body. A slightly wavy outer coat, often of
wiry texture, is permissible. The head, including the inner ear and foreface,
and the legs and paws are covered with short hair, and the neck with longer
and thicker hair. The rear of the forelegs and hind legs has somewhat
longer hair extending to the pastern and hock, respectively. Faults in
coat: soft, silky, curly, open coat and lack of undercoat.
Disqualification.
Current: Disqualifications: Cropped or hanging ears. Dogs with noses not
predominantly black. Undershot jaw. Docked tail. White dogs. Any dog that
attempts to bite the judge.
Revised: Disqualification: Cropped or hanging ears. Undershot jaw. Docked
tail. Dogs exhibiting albino characteristics. Any dog that attempts to bite
the judge.
Lindabankhead44@xxxxxxxxx
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