--- On Wed, 6/12/13, ELG440@xxxxxxx <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: This is an opinion that comes up every ten years or so. I first heard it with Lance. We were breeding so much on Lance, that the breed was doomed. Some went so far as to advertise that they lines free of Lance.<< Can you go back on any pedigree today and not find Lance in the America bred GSD unless they are Euro bloodlines? Just because he is not on the close up pedigree it does not mean Lance is not in their bloodlines. <<So, you have to look at the big picture, the national data banks and not your own statistics. If you think we are driving people from the breed, how do you answer that it still is within the to three in registration, as it has been for over 50 years? Evan L. Ginsburg>>> Evan, the reason the GSD has been in the top 3 is not due to GSD Show dogs. http://dogs.oodle.com/german_shepherd/for-sale/ Anyone can breed a GSD and register with AKC if their parents are registered in a approved Breed Registry regardless of country. It is not just the American Show GSD's here but can be any GSD registered with AKC. Theresa ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================