This is the biggest misconception.....They ARE allowed to compete....who said they are not???? And they do garner ROM points for their sires and dams, and they go ROM, and they come in all colors. * Ileana * Love me, love my dogs. In a message dated 6/20/2012 10:08:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, s_dstaack@xxxxxxxxx writes: Absolutely ,Coats are the foundation of our breed, why shouldn't they be allowed to compete . And Besides they are out there all trimmed up and winning anyway. So lets make them legal. Sandy & Don Staack Msg: #1 in digest Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:32:16 -0500 From: Mike & Sheila Metz <Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Hard to justify a class of long coats If this means, I can see more fine examples of our breed. I say, BRING IT Donsta Kennels 2011MW,Res-BIF Dog,2011 U.S.SELECT Am.Ch.Donsta's High Five (KOBE) Ch.Ritarra's Lasting Impression OFA 2006SW,BOM.Ch.Ponca Hill's WOW of Ritarra OFA 2010 Utah National ,Reserve Winners Bitch BIAF & 2010MW,BOM Donsta's You Had Me at WOW **** WEBSITE UPDATES****** http://donstakennel.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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================