You miss the point completely:0) Terry Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Excuse me while I pick myself up off the floor.....use German dogs to improve reach? (no need to say front...there is no other kind).........if you think you have to go to imports to improve fronts, you need to widen your horizons and look at some of the other dogs we have in this country.....we have beautiful shoulders...if only people could see them (some do)...and you can't have reach without shoulders. Some day I'm going to write a post about front reach, and rear hocks, and puppies out of Champion sires.........and send it to the list at least once a day until people stop making these mistakes.......................... Peggy Terry Cochran wrote: > My answer is always the same. Why don't American breeders use good German > lines to improve front reach. The answer is there are good German dogs with > great front reach and American bred dogs that would do the Schutzhund work. > The problem is we just don't know where to go to find what we seek in each > others dogs. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================