Hi all, I am reading with interest all about this white issue, living in Canada I know what ever US agrees with we will follow. I personally have never understood the DG on white GSD, as long as they had black noses etc why not allow them, because their coat is white? They donât carry genetic problems because of the coat color, they are GSD, so remove the DQ let them compete, no special classes for long coats either, they are all one breed wether we like it or not ...... blues and livers are a different thing, they donât have black noses so it is not an issue and a lot due have health issues associated with the coat especially livers. Complain all you want but lets face it we see the hock walkers wining all the time, this is a serious fault, yet people show them no problem, Judges put them up no problem .... yet heaven help a long coat (just a fault) . chances of wining with one not trimmed is impossible the Judge would rather put up the hock walker. Next year we will be showing our long coat boy, (to young this year) and no he will not be trimmed. We will see what happens. But if I was able to vote I would vote to allow whites (with black noses) they were and are part of our breed ............ just my opinion Take care, Lonna Lonna Fisher Sunflower Reg'd GSD Edmonton, AB http://lonnagsd.tripod.com/index.html ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================