Yup, I mentioned this earlier, but as you can see, no one wants to deal with the "elephant" in the room, too many smoke screens. Ileana Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Hickoryhill <hickoryhillgsd1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ditto to Carolyn's post. I have probably missed it, but has anyone addressed > the elephant in the room?Revamping the standard to include whites is a stab > at creating a potential income generator.That's all.Just like the long coat > class or dangling cheaper membership fees in front of folks in hopes they'll > take the bait and either join or rejoin the PC. So how have those efforts > panned out? Would changing the standard to include whites or coats even be a > topic of discussion 20+ years ago, when the PC was camping out on its > laurels, enjoying a large membership and being the poster child for what all > nat'l clubs aspired to be? Nah..probably not. For me it is not completely > about white GSD's, its about WHY the change is being discussed at this > time..why now??? Does the word "desperation" come to mind? When you continue > to lower the standard bar, you drive away many who aspire to or have bred > great dogs. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bnbgsds2000@xxxxxxxxx, "scenecrest geo" > <scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx>, "pinehillgsds@aol com" <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>, > "Barbara Hively" <barbara17236@xxxxxxx> > Cc: "List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:29:50 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] WHY whites ya or nay? > > It really should not be about whether we like a white shepherd or not. > That is not the point....the point is the Breed Standard. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================