I'm kind of curious after reading these two posts. Aren't the video tapes we see of the Seiger show .....the 'best' of the European dogs? When we look at the line going around and around showing the Seiger and Seigerin and the dogs in order that they are rated behind them....are they not necessarily the best?? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- Original Message ----- From: RopajaGSD@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 1:05 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Front Extension? Ken, The people who know, have been saying that for years now, to some of those who have paid tremendous amounts of money for an imported dog; "that few European breeders will sell anything good to someone in this country despite the fact that some will pay thru the nose just to be able to say that they did regardless of the quality of what they received. Those Europeans laugh as they run to deposit the money from the stereotype American fool. Not my opinion, just stating what has been known for years...I think it goes back to the old American stereotype thought pattern, that if it is imported it must be good"..GRIN!... For those who have purchased imported GSDs, please note I said SOME, not ALL.....Pauline Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/) InFrom: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx> Personally, I don't think we can make that determination. There are far too few European dogs here to really make that judgement (IMHO). Remember, they have little motivation to sell their very best into this country. It would be like us selling our top dogs to another country where they would not earn American titles that promote our breeding programs. Just a thought. Ken ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================