In a message dated 3/14/10 9:08:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ROBINHAUSGSD@xxxxxxx writes: Horand Von Grafrath was the first German Shepherd registered in Germany and is known as the Father of all German Shepherds. Horand Von Grafrath was a Wolf Grey (Sable) German Shepherd. Most of the people, picture in their minds, a German Shepherd with the traditional black & tan suit, but what they may not know, is that the original German Shepherd was a Wolf Grey (Sable) German Shepherd. Cool. So far we have white and sable. I remember the first edition of VonStephanitz' book that said he was a light black and tan. Anyone want to go for blue? Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================