Well did you know that some dog food has substances in it that causes dog coats to become more reddish in color? That would be beet pulp. Is that an additive that can be considered altering the coat color? There are a lot of natural supplements that enhance coats, physical condition, muscle tone, brain power of our dogs. Some of that stuff is in the dog food when it is manufactured. Read your labels ... do the research. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] food supplements are not altering > >In both cases you are altering (changing) the actual color. Enhancing. > If you were to stop feeding this to the dog, >would the eyes go back to > yellow? Wouldn't the progeny tend to have lighter eyes or yellow eyes > behind them? Would >you disclose the fact that they were darker only > because ofáwhat you fed them? If this was a pet, not to be bred or >>shown, no problem, however if this is breeding stock or showable dogs, > then why would you do this? > > > We all try to feed diets that bring out our dogs best attributes. > There is nothing wrong with that, IMO. > > Laurie > > > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================