I am not affected by what Bulldog people, or chihuahua people, or mastiff people say about our dogs. THEY are not the students of OUR breed....we are. I had an Aussie exhibitor argue with me that my lovely, exquisite Red Sable bitch had to had some "wolf" in her, with that color. I figure I could not convinced her otherwise and walked away. She is going around talking about a lesser GSD because she knows nothing I am sure some GSD people stand at ringside at the Neapolitan Mastiff ring and are less than impress. That certainly won't affect the real purist of that breed from going forward. What we can't do is move backwards. The least any GSD person breeding, buying and showing dogs can do is learn to interpret the standard and apply that knowledge against the dogs they are looking at. Or they can ask the bulldog people, of course. Sent from my iPhone >> n a message dated 1/26/13 9:18:23 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx writes: >> >> That is the judges thoughts through, have you heard what the other breed >> spectators are saying about them? I listen to comments about our GSD's and >> they are not flattering at all. Most I posted were comments from people I >> heard on the sidelines ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================