In a message dated 7/18/2006 4:06:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: All dogs in a good breeding program should be sound..whether they are select material You are correct, so if everyone is doing such a great job of policing, why do we continue to see Chs and Selects at times with poor temperament. It does matter. When a dog is given a Select, people often breed to it, just because. That is not smart, but we all know it is done...the end result is that problems the dog brings with it are perpetuated...dead tails, dragging rears, short life spans, temperament . People rush to breed to dogue o' de day....sometimes only going on a pic, or from seeing the dog ten rows up at the National...it happens, and we both know it. Doesn't matter how great YOUR dogs are, I am talking about the ones that slip through...kind of goes along the lines of mediocre CHs....self policing is great...as long as everyone DOES it. Kathy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================