Sorry Lissa, but there must be some kind of mental density to not only think, but insist and argue that there is a wolf hybrid in an AKC ring. She wasn't talking history, she was quite stucked in the present. <G> Ileana Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:16 PM, SoilentGrn@xxxxxxx wrote: > Lee has some very good points here. > > In defense of the Aussie lady; > Even with Max's protestations there are other writings of the then-GSD > that do indeed indicate the incorporation of wolf blood in the 1800's > through the Thuringian branch of the breed. As the story goes, the local > belief of that time was that the wolf did not get distemper and it was an > effort to protect the dogs from that disease. Today who knows for sure but > I would not be so quick to criticize her. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================