Again Christine, you are in my book exactly correct. We are breeding a man made GDS...God did not want his GSD to look like ours..BUT, in as much as God created us of free will, I am sure he is grinning each time we overstep the boundaries of good judgment and create some of the pathetic dogs we have had in the past..If all the GSDs in the world were turned loose to breed as God would have it, we would see a breed that perhaps resembled the dogs of the 30,s// before Brackett came along with the more extreme type...I guess the German dogs of the 50.s were about the same...Wasn't it a miracle that they got back in the main stream so shortly after the devastation of WW2! We have such eye appealing dogs today, no question about it..love those curves!!! Chuck Kruger dvm ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================