I have been informed that we are now number THIRTY SEVEN! Good on us! Syd In a message dated 6/27/2005 7:34:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, shadowbrooktx@xxxxxxx writes: A Great comeback & TRUE. What you will find is most of the people who bring up questions about Shepherds' stance & question the hips are owners of Labs or Goldens or one of the other Breeds more likely to have Hip problems. Gene Baker ******** ----- Original Message ----- From: Elsyd1@xxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:10 PM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Speaking of "functional cripples" This is what I say..."The German shepherd is 34 on the list of bad hip ratings...that means there are 33 breeds with worse hips, and all of them are straight legged". That always shuts them up. Syd In a message dated 6/26/2005 7:59:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, gsdsforlife@xxxxxxxx writes: I have one N. American show line dog. One BYB dog ( who originated from N.American show lines ) and one 1/2 German show lines and 1/2 N.American show line. People that are outside the world of show dogs are saddened when they see Watcher. ( The N. American show line dog, Woodsides KH Third Watch ) They say, "what's wrong with his legs", or " I hear they get dysplasia quickly" or "is he okay????" or "what happened to him???". He has ALOT of angulation....What is the best retort? Colleen Donnelly Elsyd1@xxxxxxx wrote: Many of the dogs I remember from 20 years ago were functional cripples. So extreme they could hardly walk. Pretty? I think not. Syd In a message dated 6/26/2005 6:11:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pmick@xxxxxxxxx writes: As best I can recall, the dogs 20 years ago, some of them anyway, were more exciting, MAYBE...but otherwise, a lot of what Tom says is true. Also I seem to recall that the Review wasn't anymore on time then, either........... 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