I remember seeing a sweet bitch and asking how old she was, thought she was a teenager. Nope, 22.5 inches. Standard for bitches 22-24, males 24-26. I couldn't believe the little bitch was in the standard, she looked like a mini GSD because I was so used to what I was seeing. I thought Moxie was small and I had just started out with Moxie, so ran home and measured her, 24 inches. How did our GSDs get so big? And why? Stormy On May 4, 2010, at 6:45 PM, sheila lieberman wrote: > I find that my bitches, 24 and 25 inches at the withers and the dog, > 26, with bad pasturns, are plenty to keep people who should not be > bothering me from bothering me.....The Standard is plenty big > enough, you want bigger? Get a Mastiff.....sheila My own opinion... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "ELG440@xxxxxxx" <ELG440@xxxxxxx> > To: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; genoaktortoise@xxxxxxxxxxx; > longspeakgs@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:33:03 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Size matters > > In a message dated 5/3/2010 11:30:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Shipping a puppy is really easy compared to an adult required to > fly in a > # 500. > > > > Maybe it is time to start to breed back to the standard, and an > average > size dog. > > This from someone who owned Patriot. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================