Helen Gleason's suggestion: The white GSD is a beautiful animal and in my humble opinion deserves to be presented in the show ring under the heading of Swiss Bergier Blanc as they are in Europe directed by the governing body , the FCI. The breeders should be given the credit for developing a sound helathy animal. The SV approved the submission of the White GSD as a separate breed to ther AKC. ....................................................................................................................................... I am ambivalent on this whole white issue, but I like Helen Gleason's suggestion. I do not dislike any German Shepherd because of it's color...same with people. If the white GSD has all the same mental properties of all of our GSD dogs, how could I not love it, green, purple, pink or yellow. I love the BRAIN of our dogs as well as the body, so that's where I am ambivalent. I will let others hash out this controversy I think....it's a tough one...but I WANT THE DOGS TO WIN! Helen Franklin, 48 year member GSDCA ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================