Would you think it goofy if women had their right to vote taken away, too? After all...time was, they couldn't... and neither could blacks. Want to go back to those days? If it comes to that, why have any rules at all...? It used to take 11 dogs for 1 point...want to go back to that? Why not? Do you think that was goofy? I like what Pinehills said....if you don't like the Standard, get another breed. I wrote a Gazette column about that some years ago when I was a breed columnist... the Standard isn't there to change every time somebody gets a wild hair...it's there to hold the breed at a point when the people appointed to work on or draw up the Standard think it's at it's best...changes can be made from time to time...but not to suit s small group, and certainly not to appease people who have no idea what a Standard is about. What would the white dogs bring that we don't have? Anything? No? They're fine where they are then. Since the people doing all the arguing "for" weren't here when the Standard was changed to disallow white dogs, let them present a different argument than "the DNA's the same." Actually, it isn't...part of a dog's DNA shows colour...white is not going to be black and tan or black or sable....... Back to the delete button...this is a ridiculous discussion that goes nowhere. The point was, as Pam said, whether dogs with DQs should be allowed to win an award at the breed's showcase event...and the answer should be NO...loud and clear. Otherwise, get a different breed. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Short-Nguyen" <marcatoshepherds@xxxxxxxxx> > I find it hard to find this argument "goofy" when these colors (Panda > excepted) WERE ACCEPTED at one point. It'd be one thing if they had never > been accepted at any point in time, but they WERE, so I suppose, > conversely, I find your argument "goofy". > -- ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================