No, with the AKC you can have disqualifying faults and still earn performance titles and awards. Heck, you don't even need a pure bred dog anymore lol. Good 'ol Heinz 57 can be HIT. I think I will get a mixed breed and call him Heinz...what do you think? Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 8/7/2011 1:18:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sallyhayden5@xxxxxxxxx writes: interesting the akc does not follow the standards of the breed? and I do back the whites having full recognition On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM, <_Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxxx (mailto:Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx) > wrote: Well, the dog could win the top AKC award, just not the PC award. Take OB for instance; if a white goes High Combined, which is an AKC award we do not have an OB GV/GVX that year. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit __http://www.pinehillgsds.com/__ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_) (_http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) ) In a message dated 8/7/2011 10:57:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _InquestGSD@xxxxxxxx (mailto:InquestGSD@xxxxxxx) writes: So if the performance entry form says nothing about color, how can they take the entry (and the $) and then not give top award based on color? * Ileana * ============================================================================ 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxx) VISIT OUR WEBSITE - _http://showgsd.org_ (http://showgsd.org/) SUBSCRIPTION:_http://showgsd.org/mail.html_ (http://showgsd.org/mail.html) NATIONAL BLOG - _http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/_ (http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/) ============================================================================ -- Sally _www.embroiderybysally.org_ (http://www.embroiderybysally.org/) including Cardigan Corgis ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================