Good one Pauline.........I want whatever she is having.....LOL * Ileana * Love me, love my dogs. In a message dated 6/20/2012 8:37:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, RopajaGSD@xxxxxxx writes: I have be reading sometimes with amusement, sometimes with great puzzlement, and some that actually make sense, the many posts concerning our Board discussing the possibility of having a separate class for long coats...It is a fault though not a serious one...having a separate class for dogs that have this fault is beyond ludicrous! My question is what kind of Koolaide have our Board members been drinking to even consider this as an item of serious discussion... whatever it is they have been drinking, I would like to know as I have a couple of people I would like to use it on to alter their mind set somewhat...Long coated GSDs are already allowed in the conformation ring along with the other imperfect GSDs with other faults...Was the Board planning on having one class for Coats or the whole series of classes like the current "regular" classes...the more I think on this topic the sillier it appears...but I must bear in mind that I have not been drinking anything of consequence today, and I guess I would remedy that SOON...If we want judges to appreciate the coated GSDs who are otherwise very good representatives of the breed....EDUCATION is the answer AND for those of us who have stunning coated GSDs show them AS IS...and if enough are shown, than what is "rare and obvious" will be treated as any other fault a judge might take into consideration when they are weighing the merits of otherwise good (not perfect) representatives of the breed. I will now find some Koolaide to mellow out on... What would be really fun....for all the specialty shows leading up to the Nationals...everyone who has a coated beauty..enter it and see what happens!!!! It would be really interesting to see four or five coats in the ring at the same time...certainly would put the judges on alert wouldn't it? One coat in the ring, they might ignore....four or five, they would have to certainly take a serious look, don't you think? No offense to any of my judging friends...just tongue in cheek meanderings...off to the "milk" bar.... Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.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/ ============================================================================