I feel the same way about ear taping and gluing. It's not exactly frowned upon either... I've heard it said that they don't run on their ears, so what's the big deal. Well, they don't run on their eyes either, so aren't these both similar situations. There's no consistency where people drawl the line. Denise W. http://www.showgermanshepherds.info for show and performance (join my site ring-follow the link) ________________________________ From: Penny & Bill <Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Liane Fossland <lfossland@xxxxxxx> Cc: The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:16:48 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Re: black walnut oil Not me! Why not ask how many are really altering? IE: dead tails, adding a tooth, dying dogs, drugs given to improve attitude right before the dogs go into the ring, tacking animals and then not admitting it to the public, fixing ears--the list goes on and on and on. Lee, to answer your question--it is much more involved, regarding eye color. Even if the dog's eyes were dark brown to begin with, how would you KNOW that the dog couldn't PRODUCE light eyes--he could be a genetic carrier for light eyes, bad hips, elbows, temperament, etc. Same scenario--dog with light eyes could be a carrier for dark eyes. Genetics is interesting. Penny On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Liane Fossland wrote: > That is exactly what I am talking about. How can you truthfully > breed your male dog to a bitch without people knowing that he indeed > has light eyes and therefore the progeny may inherit these eyes and > the bitchâ??s owner is wondering why. > To me that is altering, plain and simple. I am really surprised that > this showed up on this list. How many of you are doing this? > Lee F. > > ===========================================================================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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================