OMG you too lol? My first CH had 2 white nails. I bought punk rock black nail polish...it too was gone before he hit the ring. People go crazy w/ black...black mascara, black (horse) spray in a can, the black stuff for "winter noses", black spots dripping down a dog's tan legs from a bad dye job, dogs turning blue, purple or green in the sun from the undertones in the black dye...what an absolute mess. Do you remember the black shampoo for cockers etc.? Do they still have that? Used that once and couldn't get it off my hands, but the dog was the same color. Life lessons learned...now I have dark dogs <G>. In my last litter I had snapped pics of the puppies for a companion home and they all had a few white hairs visible on their chests. I promptly got a follow up e-mail....WHITE...GASP!!!!!!! I truthfully replied I've never finished a dog w/o some white on their chest and sent the pic of Solo on the cover of Dog News with the comment "and WE don't hide it either" <VBG>. That ended the gal's concern:))))) 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 9/28/2012 10:00:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: In a message dated 9/28/12 6:08:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx writes: So...save your $$$$....and start bathing and blowing out your dog days before a show. Ever notice most class dogs look better the third day of a cluster? This is great advice. I remember one time when Jerry Graham was showing Champion Howard's Retrace for us. He would have me go off before the show and put black magic marker on her toe nails. One swipe on the grass, and it was gone. He just wanted to get rid of me before the class. I do remember sitting back in the stalls with a purple magic marker doing my tennis shoes so they matched my purple coast. I also remember putting on my white suit and an orange shirt to show Select Champion Patriot in the Presentation Class. Most of my grooming done is to me, Not so much the dogs. It isn't nice to fool with Mother Nature. Evan L. Ginsburg gsyrfund.com Asgard German Shepherds _http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================