In a message dated 9/14/10 8:03:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx writes: why wouldn't she ask on this list? it's a health related question - not a suggestion to do a surgical correction on an animal - and an interesting question at that. diane Steve's question is an interesting one. I understood that a monorchid can be shown in England. I may be wrong of that, but it is something I heard years ago and may have changed. If so, I have to assume they are being bred as well. I would surmise that if that is true, then a monorchid may not be genetic and may not cause monorchidism in the litter. I know the AKC does consider it a fault in all breeds, and maybe it is time to know why that is? I have never bred to a monorchid, and I wonder if others on the List feel the same way? As I understand one testicle is enough to produce a litter, and if so, why the proscription against it? Don't get off track, however. The time is now to start bitching about the conditions for the national. Some of us have been lax in not stepping forward, so I will be the first. I don't know how we can go to a state with so many wives and so few husbands. It is unfair to other men that so many of those men in Utah take multiple wives thereby depleting the pool of available women for single men, or even married men looking to cheat. I say, we should only hold our nationals in states that uphold monogamy, or monotony, whichever happens to be in fashion in that state. We need to stand up for the rights of one man to only have one women. In my case, Tedi is plenty for me, and I can't imagine any more, or any less. But, that is just me. Not that being me is anything wrong, for me. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================