My lord. So this is punishment? I don't see anyone trying to form their own breed, but if they did, I guess they failed. They are GSD members, so how can they be in direct conflict. The belong to the GSDCA and are GSD members, no matter how you dislike them. It is disappointing to hear anyone say that those who breed whites are not reputable. I know some of those people and they are decent honest people. What they do with dogs, causing no harm, is nothing to say about their honesty or reputation. And from what I have seen, they do not breed against our standard, they have decided to ignore a fault. That fault was not given from on high. It was not considered in the life lines of our ancestors. It is not written in a stone tablet as the 13 commandment, It is an arbitrary decision made by a small group of people I have never met. While I always respect anyone's right to have an opinion, and especially someone I respect and admire as I do the author of the statement below. I see no reason to attack people for their beliefs, but rather to listen, learn, and never denigrate another for not agreeing with us. Not that there is anything right in doing that. Evan In a message dated 7/29/2014 4:54:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lindabankhead44@xxxxxxxxx writes: The White GSD breeders made a conscious, dedicated, and all out effort to breed against our standard. They tried to form their own breed to accomplish this and displayed blatant disregard for the founders of The German Shepherd Dog. Their breeding platform is in direct conflict with our (GSD Members) adherence to upholding what we strive for; conforming to our standard. Which is why any reputable AKC breeder (who's dogs are judged to our standard) would never ever breed a white GSD. AND EVAN... now that we have established that they blatantly and willingly bred against our standard; why in the word should we cater to them? We have already established that we have ZERO plan to breed to a white. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================