i wasn't so concerned about 'show' dogs but about uniformity of good structure/temperament etc. and definitely genetic health. if there is no standard to follow, eventually what would the dog look like? Yes, there are a lot of GSDs registered with AKC, but what does that mean? Just that it is registered as a GSD genetically. It may have weak ears, weak pasterns, straight shoulder, etc. Still could be a nice dog but after awhile what? We can see this even now when there is a standard. It is like if there is no goal, you will hit it every time. Anne, GA Sent from Anne's iPad > On Feb 23, 2015, at 7:32 PM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > when and if conformation folks stop breeding dogs the GSD will continue! > Remember our Dog is number 2 in registrations, and that does not include the > thousands of GSDs ( like my son's dog) that aren't registered! Years ago when > I trained dogs with the San Jose Police k-9s ,of the 8 or 9 dogs on the force > at the time only one was AKC registered! And none were show quality! Our dog > is popular in several countries around the world! Our dog is BiGGER than us! > You all can believe what you want but this great breed is NOT going anywhere, > regardless of whether or not we keep breeding conformation dogs Ed Hill ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2015. 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 both 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. POSTS CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. 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/ ==========================================================================