In my opinion FULL COMMUNICATION is not only doing everything possible as breeders to produce healthy dogs, BUT the ethics to be HONEST and forthcoming about any problems your lines produce. A lot of those in the breed " know what certain lines produce" and breed accordingly or not. What about the unsuspecting novice or pet person? Yes I know "stuff happens". In an ideal German Shepherd World, everyone would be up front on any and all health issues, which could result in creating the healthiest German Shepherds ever. A goal of the highest order. The truth has no agenda, people do. Regards, Pat============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================