I smile every time I see this logic and hear it from SO many people. Someone much more knowledgeable than I gave me strong words almost 40 years ago. When you want to correct, breed to the standard, not the extreme. She was so right. Trying to balance two dogs problems enhances your chances of playing Russian roulette. Molly In a message dated 12/15/2011 2:40:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx writes: We had a long legged dog who moved great, but was not too sound in temperament. We also had a bitch with short legs who moved great and had great temperament. So, to balance out the extremes and to come to a mean average, we bred them. End result: Half the litter looked like and moved like and had the temperament of their sire and half were almost identical to the dam. Nature does not seem to cooperate with the theories of the mean average. Wish politicians could understand that! ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================