In a message dated 8/24/2006 7:08:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, Gatlinp@xxxxxxx writes: If you have a person wanting to join your Regional club and you know they have white GS and are involved in Obedience and have bred a litter of white GS. Here we go again. The List has just calmed down from one contentious subject,now we start on the White GSD for the 6th time in 5 yrs. I could care less if someone owns a white GS,shows it in Performance,Obed,Rally --whatever . Love it and enjoy it but to deliberately breed for a specific disqualification is unthinkable. Like breeding GSD with a cropped tail or dropped ears. Yes back in history whites were used,and as a result Von Stephanitz ruled them out like he did wirehaired and longcoats . Just being practical for a working dog. Yes Lloyd Brackett tried it also,but didn't continue since he didn't like what he got. All the arguments and reasons were discussed thoroughly,by the Board and at the annual meeting. and a ballot went to the membership in 1968 & AKC ,when we made White a disqualification in the Standard.. Talk about "beating a dead horse" Helen Miller Fisher ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================