On various Lists that I follow, a couple of interesting "threads" have started. I thought I would throw them out here, too. One was a person who chose not to sign off on a co-ownership because the co-owner bred to a dog not of the first co-owner's liking. AKC said that they would register the litter anyway and perhaps sanction the person who DIDN'T sign off... the first co-owner. I'm not quite understanding AKC's position. First they say that all owners/co- owners must sign the registration before they will register the dog, they they force somebody under a threat of sanction TO SIGN one? Maybe $$$??? The other thread was REALLY interesting... about Dalmatians, but could be any breed. Cross breeding to eliminate a health problem to a dog very close to the original dog's historical pedigree (Pointer to Dalmatian). UKC after many generations will register as purebred. (I think I know a Dalmatian breeder on this list can tell us more LOL). MY point is that all of our dogs are "impure" and if some really bad genetic disease could be wiped out of a breed, and then the breeding comes back for, say, 10 generations, wouldn't it be worh it to remove certain life threatening diseases? Just thought provoking. Storm ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================