In a message dated 1/18/2010 6:38:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: NAH, not Bulldog/Chihuahua crosses. For agility, they'll want Border Collies crossed with almost anything.........and there will be no stopping them. There'll be lots of experiments to see which cross is the most successful...maybe BC brains with Greyhound speed, eh? Yes, AKC titled mutts.........drive everyone else out of performance events..........except maybe Herding...or are they going to let them in there, too? Border Collie crosses, again......... Wasn't the first GSD a mix? I thought Von Staphanitz was unhappy with the purebred dogs at the dog shows, and went ahead to mix two dogs to form a new breed, German shepherds. Or, am I wrong? Isn't our breed a mutt that got popular? Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================