In a message dated 5/10/11 7:14:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Lealynn@xxxxxxx writes: I have an admission to make on that note. I have bought every Red Book since the first and for all of those years I just looked at the pictures and write ups. Little did I know, until I started doing it, how much information can be gleaned from analyzing the statistics. Pictures can be doctored, write ups can be biased but statistics don't lie. Liz brings up the major point. Do any of you who breed, do so based on the figures shown in the Red Book? Since you probably don't own the bitches, or have them to breed, what do you use those figures for? If you just look at the pictures in the Red Book, as Liz said she did, and did some great breedings, why do we have her do so much work to figure the top stud dogs? Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================