People do breed specifically for it. I have turned breedings down because that's what people were interested in. Never mind breeding for a fault....sigh. And they have a point...I had one out of nine in my last litter a coat and she was the FIRST chosen by a family who had reserved a puppy. Pet people love them and as much as I LOVE and APPRECIATE my companion puppy homes because they give me the flexibility to breed a litter, knowing I have super homes lined up... I on the other hand won't keep a coat. When I do a breeding I hope to hold back a puppy, say a bitch, and if two out of four are coats...well I'm not happy. I have started DNAing the potential keepers.... Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 5/24/2014 1:29:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx writes: Or people are going to breed specifically for it because now it will be fine. They are easily marketed. Never mind that the breed is not supposed to look like a Collie cross. Ruth On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:05 AM, carolyn mckenna <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If the standard were to be changed regarding coat length would a long coat simply be no fault at all ? It is actually not the length of the hair that is faulty > but the texture and lack of undercoat that so often accompanies the longer coat. > Also, the long coat is most likely self-limiting now that we have tests to determine whether a dog carries the coat factor. Granted, some of our best producing bitches have been coats, but few breeders will breed to a dog that is known to > carry the coat factor. > > Carolyn > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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