My brother had his house repainted white. The painter wanted to know what color trim, he said white. The painter said, you need a color for the trim, my brother said "white is a color" He does have a rather drab looking house, but he likes it. Point is, it's ok to like white, or other colors, but it may be time to give up some closely held ideas that seemed to work 50 years ago when we learn (i.e. gain knowledge) that those ideas might not be entirely right. I remember when the cardiologist said "don't get the heart attacks up, you will kill them" now they say " if you don't get them up and in cardiorehab, you will kill them" Sometimes things change when you get more knowledge and aren't afraid to explore all the possibilities. Whites have the same faults and dq we do except for color. What exactly is the curse of white color? They seem healthy, they seem sound, I don't get it Ann In a message dated 2/8/2012 3:02:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, tamaringsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: IMHO the White GSD should not be DQ for color alone. It's time to upgrade our 'Standard' on color. Why continue being like the followers of the 50's/60's? I personally prefer the Dark Rich Colored GSD, but that's my preference. A White Colored GSD is still a GSD and should not be DQ for Color alone. Erika ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================