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by sunshine on 01 January 2014 - 20:01
I was introduced to the GSD through the "whites". This was in the 1980's and I was just a "watcher" without a dog. I saw fantastic animals doing fantastic AKC obedience. I knew nothing then.
The person I befriended in the WGSD's was quite active and vocal. She was of the opinion that the WGSDC people made a big mistake in trying to get the color disqualification out of the breed standard. She thought they should have just pursued their own breed within the AKC. In other words, she was inferring they were wasting alot of time and energy in getting the disqualification out of the GSD Breed Standard and would be a lot further with their own breed.
In 1989, I moved back to Germany and ran into people who had white dogs and was introduced to that community. Very interesting. All the top White Dogs came from the USA and Canada. In the newspaper if puppies were advertised they were called American Canadian White Shepherd. They were not SV, not FCI. They had their own fanatic club that seemed to espouse that these dogs, because they were not SV dogs, were better than the SV dog that had at that time "so many problems because of inbreeding". The unregistrable puppies were being sold at more than the normal SV GSD puppy price. At that time DM 1,000. Almost like a "rare" breed.
The sad thing, I feel for the white dogs, that have in actual fact become a breed of their own and unfortunately, in my opinion, the breed name acknowledges nothing of its origin. It is in the USA and Canada that this color type was promoted within the the GSDC as a disqualified color. But the dogs retained their registration and breeding was possible with having FCI registered dogs. In Europe/Germany, they were not registrable. The saddest thing ever in my opinion is that the White Dog is now known as a Swiss Shepherd and there is no acknowledgement of its North American roots. It is in North America that this color type was preserved, promoted, within its disqualified group. I believe the genetic base of all dogs in Europe come from North America.
I also feel that my friend was very correct in her prognosis of the color and breed of her choice.
I have read Jimmy Moses' plea for the WGSD to be included in the breed standard. I just don't understand why the push after so many years of not accepting the color. It is now its own FCI breed.
Politics. . .
The person I befriended in the WGSD's was quite active and vocal. She was of the opinion that the WGSDC people made a big mistake in trying to get the color disqualification out of the breed standard. She thought they should have just pursued their own breed within the AKC. In other words, she was inferring they were wasting alot of time and energy in getting the disqualification out of the GSD Breed Standard and would be a lot further with their own breed.
In 1989, I moved back to Germany and ran into people who had white dogs and was introduced to that community. Very interesting. All the top White Dogs came from the USA and Canada. In the newspaper if puppies were advertised they were called American Canadian White Shepherd. They were not SV, not FCI. They had their own fanatic club that seemed to espouse that these dogs, because they were not SV dogs, were better than the SV dog that had at that time "so many problems because of inbreeding". The unregistrable puppies were being sold at more than the normal SV GSD puppy price. At that time DM 1,000. Almost like a "rare" breed.
The sad thing, I feel for the white dogs, that have in actual fact become a breed of their own and unfortunately, in my opinion, the breed name acknowledges nothing of its origin. It is in the USA and Canada that this color type was promoted within the the GSDC as a disqualified color. But the dogs retained their registration and breeding was possible with having FCI registered dogs. In Europe/Germany, they were not registrable. The saddest thing ever in my opinion is that the White Dog is now known as a Swiss Shepherd and there is no acknowledgement of its North American roots. It is in North America that this color type was preserved, promoted, within its disqualified group. I believe the genetic base of all dogs in Europe come from North America.
I also feel that my friend was very correct in her prognosis of the color and breed of her choice.
I have read Jimmy Moses' plea for the WGSD to be included in the breed standard. I just don't understand why the push after so many years of not accepting the color. It is now its own FCI breed.
Politics. . .
by sunshine on 01 January 2014 - 22:01
As far as white color is concerned and genetic defects of the whites, my friend compared the WGSDC as a different variety, such as the West Highland Terrier, who is also bred for white coat and dark eye. This dog is the other color of the Scottish Terrier. These 2 breeds have also gone their own way and there are fanciers for each color.
I personally am not such a color fanatic as one might think, owning the German Showline. I like dogs, I love good dogs. And a good dog is not defined by color.
Happy New Year!
I personally am not such a color fanatic as one might think, owning the German Showline. I like dogs, I love good dogs. And a good dog is not defined by color.
Happy New Year!
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