At the bottom of our Standard, accepted 1978, there is the following NOTE: AKC DISQUALIFICATIONS: Monorchidism, Cryptorchidism,and dogs that in the opinion of the judge, attacks in the ring. However, in the AKC Rules and Regulations for Dog shows it clearly states that Altered dogs can be shown in performance events. Hence as Susan pointed out, our P and P states: · All dogs earning any obedience elite score must have no disqualifying faults as described by the AKC Standard for the German Shepherd Dog as verified by any licensed AKC judge, at the discretion of the Obedience Chair, pass upon the Obedience Elite eligible and Obedience Victor/Victrix. · Regardless of AKC rules, spayed/castrated dogs that otherwise meet the Standard are acceptable. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================