In a message dated 07/08/2005 5:56:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Tigra12@xxxxxxx writes: stock is evaluated to be declared breeding stock because they can do what they were bred to do...so why don't more people prove it instead of just putting on a Ch and then either retire the dog from the ring or special it? geez my head hurts from these posts. Seems we have to have this discussion over and over ad nauseum every few years. But the thing that strikes me is the total lack of tolerance that some people have over anything that is not done to their liking. That doesn't just include this topic, but it creeps into just about everything on this list and life in general for that matter. Whatever happened to live and let live anyway. If you don't like conformation dogs or what breeders or owners are doing with them then don't worry yourself with it, just go and do what YOU want with YOUR dogs. Tolerance.... try it sometime, you may find it liberating <G> Yvonne creekvue.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================