Take heart My Friends the ARE those of us out here that will NOT follow the crowd, the flavor of the day or what have you for that instant gratification. There ARE those of us still out here that will NOT breed into or allow certain lines into our programs.....we don't all run with the sheep, lol. Many of us still do look at a dog, with the eye to "is this what my bitch or my program needs?" NOT to how popular the dog may be, or how connected the owner / handler may be. It is not easy, but there are breeders that don't follow the fads, the trends and the majority. Our programs are far better off for it. Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com Updated: Oct 20, 2008 ~ HOME OF:: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle *WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING* On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM, <VSabiaB@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/19/2008 11:33:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > What we have is... breeders who are not being independent, free thinking > individuals. Instead we have a majority of breeders following the edicts > of > a handful of handlers or cartels. Of course this is not "every" breeder > out > there, but those free thinking individuals are becoming few and far > between. > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================