Had a bitch years ago that came along with the breeder who was bringing another girl for one of our boys, the girl had terrible temperament and had SchIII. A degree, is not a guarantee that they are sound. I need to know they are sound M On 9/4/2013 5:46 PM, Ken Tank wrote: > They are trained for schutzdienst but it's very difficult to train an > unsound dog to do it. It's not the training that makes the dog sound it's > the fact that you CAN train the dog to do it. Breeders then make sure they > breed dogs sound enough to compete. It eliminates unsound dogs before they > get to the show. > If it was just the training none of us would have the great dogs that we do > that protect us. There are good breeders and probably a lot of breeders who > don't care about temperament. If they had to do schutzhund to compete it > would force them to the table. > Evan is an excellent judge and a great judge of character (although he > still talks to me, so maybe not). I can't say that about all judges. > Ken > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:22 PM, <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================