Oppose German Shepherd Dog Standard Revision coat, color, and DQ

"One of the arguments I keep hearing that favor eliminating whites off the DQ list, is that the breed's historical origin documents 'use of white shepherd dogs"-



Well,--- the founders of the breed not only used white dogs , but dogs with soft long coats, "beaver" coats, round yellow eyes, floppy ears, square dogs, tall dogs, curly tails, BUT they Were functioning "shepherd" dogs.

Von Stephanitz isolated from these "shepherd" dogs, the epitome of all characteristics of form and function towards his vision imparted in todays German Shepherd Dog Standard he also attempted to ruthlesslly discard untypical traits (albeit now recessives) which were then relegated to a series of faults and disqualifications for breeders----- unfortunately,---- to deal with , until this day.



Look at the Best of our breed today and observe the historical development from a conglomeration of shepherd dog types into a marvelous dog with beauty, elegance, sturdiness and utility , distinctive fearless look (in dark almond shaped eyes), character, intelligence, and yes, rich color and expressive markings, along with a suspension of gait which is distinctive from any other breed.



One of the most important functions in the Constitution and By Laws of the GSDCA is to guard the improvement of the Breed using the GSD Breed Standard as a cornerstone.
Why in the world would we completely disregard the principles on which this Club was founded , by legitimizing ANY of the faults the founders of this Breed worked so hard to discard ?"



Dorothy Linn