The issue is not whether the white GSD breeders has a small gene pool and so needs to breed to the GSDs. The fact that the color white has always been a forbidden color or undesirable color in the GSD breed is the issue so why change it. It will not help the Standard AKC GSD to approve it in anyway. The washed out colors in the GSD will return as the white is not a true color it masks any other colour genes This is the main reason the Standard was changed in the first place removing the whites making it a DQ as breeders got tired of seeing a white pup pop up in a litter. Theresa GSDCA Member scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 8/12/14, Barb wrote: The white GENE pool is NOT BIG ENOUGH. The BBS is from 6-8 bloodlines from the United States and Canada. Verty few are totally unrelated to the US and Canadian white. Barb Hively - PA DNA. It's what makes a white, a German Shepherd ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================