Well since it's so simple ANYONE ought to be able to judge. LOL. There's a lot left up to subjectivity... I have a health question. A colleague was telling me about a gsd that had some behavioral (or neurological) disorder where he was so anxious he chewed on his own tail. They were having to amputate the tail. The claim is that this disorder is "common" in the gsd. Is that accurate? Karen Lollar ================================================ Common? I'd say that if it was that common, we would be seen a lot of "tailless" GSD. I have only seen two tailless GSD in my 35 years of GSDs and both of these were the result of medical amputations in an attempt to cure fistulas. Just my experience. Dania ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================