Where were the people fighting to keep the standard intact when whites were MADE a DQ for arguments that no longer hold water? Whites in dobes is an abomination, with pink eyes, deafness and serious health issues, is this an argument you wish to proceed with, apples & oranges seriously, spotted labs were never accepted in their standard as WGSD's were once before someone CHANGED it. Logic forms an argument emotion makes it irrelevant. For the people who still wonder...maybe in the 80's white breeders were not members of the parent club BUT they are now, and have been for some time. Im sure they are not advertising their preference considering the "hate and ridicule" they must endure. Both the WGSD clubs ( WGSDCA & WGSDCII) encourage and promote membership to the parent club. I suggest if your out their reading this my friends, time is now to stand up & be counted. Msg: #10 in digest From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Whites once again Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:23:06 -0700 And for whatever reason their two colors are allowed to be one Breed....according to their Standard. Wonder if they would allow white Labs.......or spotted Labs....after all.....they could do Obedience and Search and Rescue ....so why not throw out their Standard also?? Dalmations could be all black......with white patches on the chest...it would not affect their work either........hmmmm.....and those pesky Dobe's....a white could do that Breed a lot of good.....And build their entries at the shows....maybe a 'special class for white Dobes......<G> Then we could copy the Labs and Dals and Dobe's and follow suit....and after all they may already do that in Europe.........and I see no harm in a coated Dal or Dobe......<G> For whatever reason.........our Standard is near perfect for a near perfect Breed. There surely is no harm in leaving it as it is. Where IS the harm in that? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- "When it comes to the last hour of your life, it will be a great consolation to feel that you always protected the poor, the helpless, and the unfortunate; and that you excercised a particular care toward animals."--Caroline Earle White ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================