In a message dated 12/5/2006 11:10:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: The moral is, if we want people to show, we have to give them a reason to spend good money. Otherwise, a nice family pet and protector is good enough for 99.9 percent of the GSD owners. JMHO Very well written Laura. You are right, the American GSD by and large is having a crisis in the public eye right now, and has had. We (collective we) have gotten too dark and too specialized...the US public, and worldwide public wants black and tan black and red, saddlebacks......we have come away from it and with the specialty dogs, we are breeding dogs that only other specialists want. IMO Kathy Tank ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================