Just because there is now a class for long coats. Surly people will not think that there dog would be any more considered for the points then before. As said before if one thought there long coat was nice enough in every other way to over come its fault and be competitive for the points, they could have already been showing it. Just like the dogs in all the other classes with there faults (missing teeth, locked hocks, light eyes, bad temperament, soft backs, light pigment, etc.) if I had a long coat I felt was nice enough to show i wouldn't put it in a class that points out its fault. But put in it's age class and hope that is could be nice enough to hold its own compared to the other faults in the ring. Having a class doesn't change the quality of the dog itself but only draws att. to it's fault. Sent from my iPhone============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================