Just a side note, if your interested and haven't read it yet, a great book on the beginning of the breed is The German Shepherd Dog in Word & Picture v.Stephanitz Germany 1925. Interesting and great photos as well. Found a picture of my Dax's twin in there! Renee. --- On Mon, 3/15/10, ROBINHAUSGSD@xxxxxxx <ROBINHAUSGSD@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: ROBINHAUSGSD@xxxxxxx <ROBINHAUSGSD@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Horand To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:08 AM Found this doing a search 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. ===========================================================================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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================