On 23 Dec 2011, at 14:46, Karen M. Carloni wrote: Someone ought to tell the creator of this video that, the reason our "show" dogs have ***all that coat*** today, is because our modern fanciers pay more attention to coat care than they did back in the days when people actually depended upon dogs to supply daily food for their tables. One cannot "create" coat that isn't already provided for in the dogs' genes! I can assure you all that our modern-day show setters (yep... even Irish!), cockers (both types), hounds (yep... even the low-riders) or whatever can and DO still hunt! If you brought those longcoated show dogs out into the field a few times without proper attention to their coats, they would be every bit as naked as the dogs in those old pictures! Would THAT make this person feel better?? -- <REPLY> You cannot tell this person anything - they already feel better maligning all dog breeders We should be thankful for small favours that he used a GERMAN DOG and not an America dog to say they have HD <VBG>. However, the old time GSD stacked just like the modern day ones. Interesting. And of course, the Collie changed when Lassie was popular, and nobody bought a collie that did not look like lassie And After World War II, the shar-pei was almost extinct, and in 1973 were oheof the world's rarest breeds - they are wrinkled as youngsters in the Asian variety and have less wrinkles as an adult ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================