I think his point was, while the man had preference for white so he wouldn't shoot his own dog, it was still for a specific purpose, where as the WGSD fanciers seem to only want to make it a separate breed so they can have the color they want. That there's no other reason to breed it than just wanting to show the white color and not be DQed for it. This is just my take on it of course. - Jackie In a message dated 7/9/2005 10:45:20 PM Central Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: Gsdman2@xxxxxxx writes: Notice that there was a specific purpose for the development of the Westie. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================