Yup. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 2/8/2012 11:47:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mobilegrmr@xxxxxxxxx writes: I do have one question tho.....if someone gets a PAL number on a dog that isn't really a purebred GSD, is that dog now eligible for the Obedience Victor award? --Regina 3 GSDs in Somerset, NJ On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Pharaohsrevenge < pharaohsrevenge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I donâ??t understand why people are mixing performance and conformation? > Performance dogs excel at their sport, they donâ??t have to be intact and > honestly most of them are not conformation dogs. The GV title is to award > their achievement as a great performance dog, period. As long as they are > pedigreed GSDs that are AKC registered, why shouldnâ??t they have equal > rights in the performance ring at the National? Does their color or floppy > ears inhibit their greatness in performance or discount the fact that they > earned the award by being the best that day? Does having a DQ make them any > less a GSD? Iâ??ve never been at a performance event where a conformation > judge went over my dog to deem if it could compete and win in performance. > Never seen a wicket come out and a dog excused for being too large or DQ â??d > because they had an undershot jaw. Listen to yourselves! Performance is not > for judging breeding stock, conformation is. Max built the GSD to be a > versatile, working > dog not to be a beauty superstar, the DQs came way later. Remember â?? No > good dog, can be a bad colour.â?? > > > > Donna > > > ===========================================================================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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================