In a message dated 10/13/2005 9:37:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, candiasgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I think we had better start paying attention to the dead tails, dragging feet and locked hocks and watching those bloodlines>>>>>>> There is a ton of it out here on the west coast, we avoid it like the plague in our own kennel. It amazes me that some judges will put this kind of problem up, and that any breeder owner can look at a tail that is so dead, it should be embalmed (spinal problems) and say "Gee , that looks good". or ignore it completely...arrrrgggghhh. We are seeing it out here in a particular couple of lines in puppies as young as 12 weeks...........it is nauseating. Kathy Home of CH. ELVASTON'S NATIONS CUP, TC, OFA H/E DNA'D "NITRO" 24 BISS/ BESTS OF BREED TO DATE _Victory German Shepherds_ (http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/index.htm) ~ WEBSITE UPDATED: SEPT 11, 2005 ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================