Hi Bud, YES the Italian dogs are more in line with what we like here... we are blessed to have two, and very dear friends over there...the breed is in good hands in Italy. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: Oct 18**, 2011* *Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan **CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * *Victory's The Perfect Storm v Garter "Clooney"* *VP Kappo von Eisenwerk (V Geck di Casa Nobili son) * *Nixie vd Sequoia Gigantea "Cinderella Dog"* * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 4:57 PM, <Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > > > In a message dated 12/18/2011 9:14:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > When i was in Germany a few years ago, i was more impressed with the > Italian German Shepherds than with the German dogs.We visited an Italian > breeders kennel there in Karlsruh. (spelling? ) Up until that time i was > unaware that there were Italian German Shepherd breeders in Germany.Saw > some beautiful animals Bud > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================