Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not necessarily in the eyes of the AKC nor its sycophants. Fred Migliore told me that my rescue Chihuahua, Charlotte-Jo, is "one ugly dog." I totally disagree; she is VERY cute. I am thinking of registering her with the AKC for her ILP as Eko-Lan's Best Ever. Paula, 265 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:12:08 EST Subject: Re: mutts/shame But OK, now I went to look. And the lady is right; you won't see them in the breed ring. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================