On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:32 -0500, Pharaohs Revenge <pharaohsrevenge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >And the BBS overseas are all white GSDs, all of the lines used >to start the breed where American/Canadian white GSDs. If you >guys want to start a different breed here, give up on your >AKC-registered white GSDs and just start importing BBS and >just use FCI registration instead of AKC. Why on earth would we do that? Didn't you just say that all the European dogs used to create the BBS were American and Canadian born/registered white German shepherds?? >You can still register them in UKC with FCI papers. Using FCI >registration is what many breeds, including my other breed, the >Berger Picard, did before they got AKC recognition. Now Donna, you know good and well that it's one registry per country. And in the USA, that means AKC. I wish it could be UKC, but that is not the case. We do need to follow FCI rules here. Registering with a non-FCI recognized kennel association is fruitless and silly. >If you really believe they are something other than a GSD, >prove it by taking a real step, stop registering your >"White Shepherds" in AKC as German Shepherd Dogs. Goodness! Thank you so much for your obvious concern. ("You love us... you really, really love us!") We'll be sure to take your recommendation under advisement. >Then the GSDCA board doesn't have to be involved. Oh course they do. And *you* have just proved THAT by re-stating the fact that foreign-born and foreign registered (as something *other than* a GSD) BBS have been brought here and registered as German shepherds! Once again... AWSA is *not* your enemy! :) -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================