Well here is my 2 cents on this subject. Conformation showing is to pick the best dog that is closest to the standard. If we make a class for long coats which is a fault then why don't we just make a class that all the dogs with faults can enter, the whites, the blues, livers, missing teeth, testicles etc. and that is said with sarcasm. Yes ,there are beautiful coated german shepherds it is most often the coated puppy in the litter that has it all and is the star except that its a coat. However, I am sure that there are some gorgeous whites, blues, livers, ones with missing teeth and testicles etc that are gorgeous and minus the fault would be stars in the show ring as well. The standard was made for a reason so now we are going to have a class and award a fault of the standard. To me its like rewarding bad behavior in a children, because gee the child is so darn cute. What will happen eventually?? My vote is no MYJOY SHEPHERDS Joyce Willis ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================