In a message dated 8/4/2010 5:20:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, marcatoshepherds@xxxxxxxxx writes: it does sadden me a bit that a dog that does have letters behind its name is more often than not shown in a picture that represents the front of its name, because it says to be that really, the back end isn't as important as the front end, and likely that is the feel performance people that are parent club members get. Am I the only person who thinks conformation is how they look and performance is how they act? So, since you can't show action but can show conformation, why wouldn't most of the pictures be from conformation? It is sort of hard to picture obedience or herding in a picture. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================