This was sent to me by a friend and I thought I'd pass it along. It is the Golden Retriever Club of America attempting to address the "Doodle" issue. Being a dog trainer and having trained literally dozens and dozens of Doodle derivatives, and some NOT nice ones, I was amused by this. I found myself exclaiming out loud "You go girl!" You can all imagine some of the inane expectations and comments and statements by the uninformed owners being allegedly educated by the equally uneducated so-called breeders of their Labra and Golden...doodles. I think the GRCA Board wrote a good response on their website. This is the link to it: http://www.grca.org/pec/goldendoodle_response.html I think, in light of the recent discussion about the Code of Ethics, and in our looking for a way to respond to people like the LaneShepherd man and others who advocate breeding outside of the Standard, this response from the GRCA is simply spectacular, and might be of use to us! Peggy ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================