In a message sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:23 PM "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: I don't think this works on a working Breed like ours that performs such a variety of work with a variety of coat lengths, sizes, hocks, eye color, etc...... It might work on some adorable Foo FOO dogs that you just look at and brush...<G> If the GSD Standard is changed so that long coats are not longer considered a fault, GSD's could be made into adorable Foo-Foo dogs. They'd be so cute that nobody would care about all that other stuff! <grin> Perhaps, we should suggest this to the new Judge's Standard Re-write Consortium??? Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member Allemande German Shepherd Dogs Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:23 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: hold on to your hats....... That's just all we need........someone that judges Pugs to tell us what we need to change in our standard to fit what THEY think is a clearer interpretation. .We don't need assistance with interpretation. Don't they know that a Breed Club can monitor it's own Breed Standard ?? We'll get locked into exact speciic inches in heighth, length and coat length and eye color and body depth and have to throw out some wonderful dogs because of some vague variation. I don't think this works on a working Breed like ours that performs such a variety of work with a variety of coat lengths, sizes, hocks, eye color, etc...... It might work on some adorable Foo FOO dogs that you just look at and brush...<G> Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================