In Europe the German/Italian/Dutch etc kennels and breeders hardly even regard us at all, we are not that important to them and no threat. However in THIS country, many breeders of German dogs , do bash the American dogs...some even that used to be involved with American dogs. Ironic. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com*<http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/> *Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" But the bashing & promotion the German breeders do is certainly to their > great advantage. > > In Europe they call this propaganda, and it works. :) > > Chris S. (Jolley) Kimerer > www.tanbarkgsd.com > > Ch. Tanbark's 2MuchBling Joelle Aramist > Ch. Trotwood's Emerald v Tanbark Joelle Aramist > AOE Sel.Ex.Ch.Carousel Farms Samantha, PT, TC OFA H/E > Ch. CaralonQED JD Drew Bleibtreu, RN OFA H/E > Ch. Cresther's Blast of Kenlyn, HI, CDX, OFA > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================