And for whatever reason their two colors are allowed to be one Breed....according to their Standard. Wonder if they would allow white Labs.......or spotted Labs....after all.....they could do Obedience and Search and Rescue ....so why not throw out their Standard also?? Dalmations could be all black......with white patches on the chest...it would not affect their work either........hmmmm.....and those pesky Dobe's....a white could do that Breed a lot of good.....And build their entries at the shows....maybe a 'special class for white Dobes......<G> Then we could copy the Labs and Dals and Dobe's and follow suit....and after all they may already do that in Europe.........and I see no harm in a coated Dal or Dobe......<G> For whatever reason.........our Standard is near perfect for a near perfect Breed. There surely is no harm in leaving it as it is. Where IS the harm in that? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- Original Message ----- From: fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: GSD List Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:56 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] White Hi All; Ken, absolutely love your post and Michele, you bet me to it with the Lab colors. A breed is a breed no matter what and color should have nothing to do with it. When a breeder goes to register an Akita, you have a least 20 colors to chose from, with masks, without masks and solid white and they are all Akita's and shown together. Carolyn, also the Labs are the #1 breed in the country and color does not effect what they were breed to do. Many Labs not only have their Championships, but breeders and owners love to get their JH's and an obedience/rally title to show the versatility of the breed. Also, remember that they are great search and rescues dogs and guide dogs just like the GSD, so what does color have to do with what they were breed to do? Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. =========================================================================== 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/ ============================================================================