Kathy writes: "The point is, some very serious faults are often rewarded at even our highest level .." Now who's "fault" is this? It's certainly not exclusively the breeder's fault. If judges refused to reward dogs with *serious* faults of movement or rotten temperaments, do you think that any breeder, in his right mind, would continue to breed dogs with these faults? I doubt it. Who *purposely* sets out to breed "losers?" BTW, please pardon my using Kathy's post, regarding Whites, to segue into another subject; I just felt the need to do so. PaulETTE McGuirt, GSDCA Member Wellborn-Allemande German Shepherds Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Tank" <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Zoa Rockenstein" <zrockenstein@xxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:02 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Whites Some people breed for the excessive , faulty sidegait, I am sure nobody breeds for missing teeth, intentionally, lol The point is, some very serious faults are often rewarded at even our highest level .. our Nationals..whether intentionally bred for , or not. So when you see a dog that drags its insteps and looks like a "can of worms " going away, our runs downhill to the point of pounding..where is the outrage then? Maybe we should start simple, with the problems some of the supposedly "more acceptable " colors already have? Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: Dec 29**, 2011* *CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan **CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * * *"Victory...*Vires et honestas" ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================