Okay, I stand corrected re. Max. Are you saying the Breed clubs just didn't like the appearance of white dogs and decided to disqualify them simply because of this? I'm not trying to be argumentative. I really want to understand *why* white is a disqualifying fault. Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member Wellborn-Allemande German Shepherds Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen M. Carloni" <kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:40 PM Subject: Re: White GSD as a separate breed? On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:33:03 -0500, <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >If the only problem Max had with white GSD's was that he found >white to be "exceedingly boring," then why did he believe that white >should be a disqualifying fault? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ He did no such thing! Disqualifications were "invented" by breed clubs through the years. Max couldn't have cared less. He was all about a dog's working ability. -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100114-1, 01/14/2010 Tested on: 1/14/2010 4:40:07 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================