I agree with you Evan. I have photo gallery pages on my website, pages and pages of photos from companion puppy owners (with a few agility, OB, SAR dogs for good measure). Here's a portion of an e-mail I received yesterday. The family was referred by their VET, (not unusual, I get a lot of referrals from vets), who cares for another dog I bred. I don't know these vets, never met them, and have only the vaguest notion of where they are: Dear Kathy Thank you for spending Time with us about your upcoming litter. We would have a first preference of a male. Color does not matter. If we were not able to have a male ,I am sure we would be okay with a female. Please send me your address and who the check is to be made out to. We have heard such good things from our Vet.that we hope we are able to have one of your pups. **************************************************************** I had told them we could get blacks. So reading the e-mail, they would like a male, female would be fine though if I don't have a male for them (I have others reserved), color doesn't matter. Super home, have had GSDs for 40+ years, the dog has a home in PA and FL. To Theresa, I'm sorry you have such a negative experience. Most of us aren't breeding unsound pigs or for sure we wouldn't get referrals from veterinarians like the one above. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 9/5/2012 11:45:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: I get a real kick out of hearing how much people love the dogs we sell, and how many call or write to brag about their dogs. If it ain't broken, don't insist on fixing it. If you think breeders are breeding bad animals, if you think people seriously breed litters to produce faults, if you think all judges only judge to do favors for their friends, and if you feel the breed is no longer a viable and valuable dog, then find another sport. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================