In a message dated 8/14/2006 6:30:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx writes: In a message dated 8/14/2006 1:45:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, Showgsd-understood="" brenda's="" ?="" to="" be="" how="" long="" do="" you=""> Sorry Syd, you can't make that generalization. On her mother's side, my Becky's family tree (all German) produces it. Her grandmother, mother, litter sister, nephew. I bred Becky 1x, big litter, no mega, but I researched the line I went to. Her son has had 5 litters, no mega. (Two with bitches BTW that had a history of producing it themselves.) That doesn't mean it won't ever show up, however. With those limited #s, I consider it antidotal. In my experience, mega doesn't discriminate which side of the pond it shows up on. ---------------------------- BIG iSSUE....ONE CANNOT STATE 'GERMAN DOG'..... THERE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT GERMAN DOGS...IMPORTS....ONE IS EAST GERMAN AND ONE IS WEST GERMAN... YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE... THEY ARE WORLDS APART... DIFFERENT BLOODLINES AND DIFFERENT PROBLEMS... SYD IS REFERRING TO WEST GERMAN HIGH LINES...'SHOW LINES' EAST GERMAN ARE THE 'WORKING ,LINES'... DIFFERENT BLOODLINES... PLEASE!! WHEN DISCUSSING ''GERMAN' BE SURE AND LIST WHERTHER OR NOT YOU ARE REFERRING TO EAST GERMAN LINES OR WEST GERMAN LINES... THANKS...BARB WILLIAMS PLEASE FORGIVE BIG PRINT.. MY PUTER IS ACTING UP!!! OK, West German. Kathy member GSDCA, DVGSDC three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================