Hi all, I have been reading all the posts about white GSD BUT I have a question I have not seen (or I missed) ............... if the white GSD becomes a separate breed than what does that do to AKC and CKC registrations ............. I always thought that in order to register any dog or for that matter a new breed you need many generations of pure breeding ....... well wether we want to admit it or not there are whites out there with colored ancestry and the same goes for the colored GSD there are ones out there with white ancestry ........ would all these dogs now be considered mix breed and would their registrations be cancelled? As far as I am concerned whites should be allowed as a normal color unless showing albino traits, blues have been shown already so I think that is a useless argument and the standard already says strong rich colors are preferred ...... longcoats as well should be allowed after all the coats are already being shown but are usually trimmed. The German Shepherd breed is a very noble dog that has proven to be able to carry out any task us humans ask of it ( I sold one that hunted birds better than his golden ) .. but to deny this noble breed because of color is wrong .... there are so many more important matters we need to work on instead ............ health, movement, reproduction issues just to name a few. Just my opinion. Take care and I look forward to seeing a lot of you at the Canadian National in September ........... I will be easy to spot I will be the older gimp pushing a wheelchair who is still determined to raise and show a few more GSD ............... smile Lonna Lonna Fisher Sunflower Reg'd GSD Edmonton, AB http://lonnagsd.tripod.com/index.html ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================