I've never kept a long coat, but I would if she were great in other areas I needed for my breeding program. I have kept bitches with other faults, as there is no perfect bitch. And, yes, sometimes that fault is a minor movement fault. Actually, there is no such thing, as all movement faults are considered serious by the Standard! One of my CH ROM bitches is a bit wide coming at you and so are a few of her progeny, but by no means all, and she also produced an ROM bitch. So, I guess we all pick the faults we can live with and others we can't. Sharon CODA GERMAN SHEPHERDS ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================