Am I confused or is white still a color? my brother put siding on his house, white, the contractor wanted to interest him a colored trim, he kept saying 'white is a color" He could be wrong, but as a nurse the only color uniform we used to be allowed to wear was white, 'florence nightengale thought it was a color, I know what people mean when they say a white shirt, if it isn't a rich pristine white, what color is it? can't white be rich color Ann In a message dated 8/3/2013 4:39:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx writes: Ido not know what the correct thing to do with the white GSD but here are facts of what Stephanitz wrote in German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture in the First American addition printed and translated in Germany. So if you consider all the facts below to remove the white GSD from AKC would be a mistake for all the linebred-inbred pups that go back to AXEL VON DER DEININGHAUSERHEIDE. Breeders are going to get an occasional white pup it will happen since it is in the genes. As in Germany and Austria of what I was told they gave the off-color pups away years ago and got the sold the source sire to other countries. As written by Stephanitz in his book written in Germany... "Although I stated in the first chapter that a dog's colour is without any significance from the point of view of work, when judging him it cannot be completely disregarded. However, the judge should not be influenced by any artistic consideration but by the fact that a clear and strong colouring points to a healthy and hardy physical condition of the dog. Any decline in the strength of the original colour, called fading, is at the same time an urgent warning of physical weakness and lack of power resistance, especially towards diseases. Whilst an intensification of dark colour is, first and foremost the outcome of selective breeding, paling is mostly a sign of wrong breeding or overbreeding. For this reason the bearers of such colours must be considered less suitable for breeding purposes. With dogs, however, who have been bred to white colour, where the pigmentation has been retained by the skin, it is not a sign of paling but of breed. This, however, applied only to other breeds: for shepherd-dogs, both smooth and rough haired, white is forbidden and only allowed for shaggy haired ones as the descendants of the old sheep dogs bred for white." AXEL VON DER DEININGHAUSERHEIDE carried the faded gene which has passed down through sons Troll vom Richterbach and Watzer von Bad Melle in USA. Axel is probably the number one dog in the background of the faded color and white GSD's here. I know there are others but of the pedigrees I have researched the most popular lines are their descendents Lance and Brend seem to be there the most bringing it up today. The Nazi's I was told by German family members that the Nazi's liked the rich colors not white or paling GSD's. My aunt left Austria with her GSD's as did my grandparents and my great-grandma while my great-grandfather stayed behind as the Nazi's took over his home as a headquarters. There were many very good GSD's lost through the war which did leave a large impact on the breed. Theresa From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: - the other White decision Since the white Shepherd has been a DQ for many, many years....and has NEVER been a 'desirable' part of the Standard for the German Shepherd Dog it seems it has been the decision of those who continue breeding them to have to deal with the problems that exist with that decision....just as it does with any other DQ in any Breed Standard. Why not let them "go" off into their own Breed and gain their own glory as a very beautiful White breed of dog like others have? There are many white breeders that DO prefer that...and many that breed according to the our AKC Standard that DO prefer that. It's the best possible solution rather than risk destroying our Parent Club over another 'war'.... AKC will work it out in the most fair way possible once we give them the permission to separate. You KNOW AKC is not going to lose the revenue from those that are already Registered!! They will have a method as they do for any 'new' breed that originated from another. There are quite a few "white" Breeds that we now know ..and are highly respected that came from separation from another Breed Standard. Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.marhaven.com ============================================================================ 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. 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