White GSDs are not Albinos but most true whites do have pink look inside their ears. I know he is not popular here, but felt he had a point in his statement as most of the GSDs that had one white parent usually do have a white over tan color in parts of their body with no white markings. As white markings are a different gene involved. In order to get the rich colors you need to stay away from dogs with faded genes or white. Fred Lanting "When white GSDs are brought into a colored family line, we frequently see offspring that almost look like “black-and-white” dogs because of sharp contrast between the dark upper parts (such as the saddle and head markings) and the lower markings or under parts that in other dogs are more often some shade of tan or brown—legs, belly, etc." Theresa GSDCA Member scenecrest@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/1/14, Mary Tripp <mtripp4113@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The inclusion of whites will add the issues of Albinoism, hearing problems and dilution of pigment to our standard breed. We have enough issues to deal with without adding to the list. Mary ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================