I agree Kathy.......although refined heads may not be listed as a fault, the correctly proportioned head with correct ear set and length of ear, goes to "TYPE".....it's one of the factors that differentiates the German Shepherd from the Belgian Shepherd (and other prick-eared breeds). Kay -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -bedkar@xxxxx -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:06 -0800> From: rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> To: inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Was Head Pieces 2008 US National --now other things.> > Love this Kathaleen..But while the head is not specifically a fault in, and> of itself, if it is part of a dog that lacks secondary sex characteristics,> it is a fault. Spare me a bitchy male...and there's a lot of them...ugh.> Kathy> http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com> Updated: Oct 20, 2008 ~ HOME OF::> CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs> CH. Victory's Leviathan> CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle> WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING> > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Kathaleen Strong> <inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:> > > While I agree that we are losing some in our headpieces, I'd like to point> > out a couple of things:> >> > 1) Head faults are not technically faults. The head is described but it> > does not list an incorrect head as a fault. Esthetically speaking, there> > is> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================