I have a real problem with this. Not only would the AKC not allow OPINIONS to be added to the Standard,but I personally resent anybody telling me how to interpret the Standard. Now if you were going to write an article, say for Dog News,or even our Review,and you presented our Standard with these ************************************************* Helen it is not the "standard" but the Illustrated Standard we are talking about here. This is two different things. I have an IS from one of the breeds I studied that did just what you describe above. They printed the "STANDARD" in black then in read following the paragraph they put their opinion so I guess AKC does allow it. Lee Brown ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================