you are just jealous....everyone knows that the border collie is used by more sheep herding people then any other breed. there are lots of things that german shepherds can do that they can not do for physical reasons like police work ----- Original Message ----- From: RivendellP <rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:18 pm Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] thisa and thata > > ON the subject of training. The smartest dog in the world is the > Border > Collie. The dumbest the Afghan. > > Paul opines... > > Norma's 2nd point is definitely true but we're not sure on da > foist. Reason > is...we can't get them away from their therapists long enough to > test em'. > > Paul > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================