Carolyn wrote: "The Breed HAS changed, and...and while a dog like Troll may be have played a big part in History, the Breed is not expected to continue to look like one particular dog in the past. " Do not understand this since the German Shepherd Dog was founded by Capt. v Stephanitz and over in Germany they inspected every litter. Troll was more correct in conformation and a using dog, had a purpose more than just to show in the ring. There is more to a GSD than just running a circle and receiving a ribbon. Correct conformation is very important as well as temperament, health and usability. If all your GSD can do is excel in one field they are not the dog they were created to be. I want my dogs to do more than one thing since this is what the GSD was always suppose to be. Theresa On Sat, 2/2/13, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Personalities not belonging? To: cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, SoilentGrn@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 12:56 AM I hope we don't have to become so politically correct that someone cannot even make a truthful response as a succinct 'one liner'....? The truth to it made me smile. The List will die if personalities are not allowed to come through. Both parties are right....The Breed HAS changed, and...and while a dog like Troll may be have played a big part in History, the Breed is not expected to continue to look like one particular dog in the past. Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Re: not belonging My apologies to Theresa, Lissa and anyone else I may have offended with my one-liner. PaulETTE McGuirt, GSDCA Member Theresa writes: "It makes me wonder why we moved away from this great looking GSD. [GV Troll vom Richterbach] PaulETTE responds " Uh, same reason why we moved away from the Ford Model T? From: <SoilentGrn@xxxxxxx>Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] not belonging I comment: Welcome to you new people and lapsed old people. With a response like that I bet you can hardly wait to join. Lissa ====== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================