It is not just East against West. When I was at the Sieger show with Julie Degen, the West German breeders told us the West German working line and the West German showline people could not stand each other. Nu? Syd ------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 10/2/2007 7:43:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx writes: East German working GSDs against the West German high bred show dogs............ Sounds like what we have had going on in America for as long as I can remember [ and lets see I started in obedience in 1955] the Obedience smart working dogs against those stupid pretty show dogs. I guess things are the same all over the world when it comes to our dogs. We are always trying to justify the ones we have and prove they are better than the ones we don't have. Wouldn't it be nice if we supported each other instead. MNSHO ____________________________________ See what's new at _AOL.com_ (http://www.aol.com/?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170) and _Make AOL Your Homepage_ (http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169) . ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================