Very True... So I would not believe it to be accurate at all to determine if you dog has GSD in him. Here is a website that can future explain the beliefs on it. http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=23206 Theresa -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/16/13, Jackie Short-Nguyen <marcatoshepherds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: ILP/PAL and DNA To: ELG440@xxxxxxx Cc: "Showgsd" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 8:03 PM Not true at all. Purebred dogs have come back with all sorts of ludicrous DNA results. On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM, <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I understood you could send in a swab and find out what breeds are behind > your dog. It seems to me that a German shepherd would be determined by > DNA. > > If they can tell the background, why would it not be simple to see if a > shepherd is pure bred? > > Evan L. Ginsburg ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================