I personally believe the WSBA is a step in the right direction, for the shepard breeds. With Their mandation that Proof of a working home be given at time of registration. NARA, NVBK, DVG, ASPCA Certification, ETC... I would like to see all shepard breeders of working homes give them their support. It is not the 100% solution, but it is damn sure better than AKC who is all about show, and talk a good deal about recognizing protection, However, they still use confirmation as their bred and butter, even if one day they do finalize a protection title. Even then can one honestly take AKC seriously? I can't, their a JOKE!!!! Lets get together and take our buisness of our working shepards elsewhere and out of the "hands" of these politically correct fruit cakes.

Smells like spam to me. Especially considering something similar has shown up on other boards within a few hours of this posting (new topic for no reason).

Sorry Lauren, this is not spam, I only post on two message boards, Mal handler and this one. This is something I believe in and I'm trying to help get the word out to other "INTRESTED" people. Some people on here that I talk with via email didn't know about the WSBA so I thought it a good idea to put it here so people can check it out, if its not for them, fine, X out of it. If it intrests you, well now you know about it. I don't work for them, and have no money or anything invested in them, only registration of my dogs. Lauren please forgive me I didn't mean to piss in your corn flakes this morning. However, if you didn't want to hear about it you didn't have to open it. If you saw it on many other message boards, I didn't know that, not that it matters to me, but I'm glad to hear that atleast the word is getting around. Lauren, I sincerly mean this, I hope you have a blessed day. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well, you or someone else copied the whole "about us" page from that site onto the RealGSD forum. Very tacky, especially without asking permission first. So I think I have a right do be sceptical about an organization that relies on the owners to report titles and doesn't do any DNA testing. IMO DNA and tattoos are the only way to go.

Lauren,
Sorry, but the posting of the "ABOUT US" page was not me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Check the IP#'s or heck who ever logged that post in, when I sign in here it is under one name only Chris Duhon. Come to think about it this was the first time I have ever posted anything about it outside the Handler board. I don't roam boards, I have a full time job (military; a wife who craves attention, 2kids, a backyard with poop to clean everyday, 2very energetic Malinois, and a training club that meets a minimum of 3X's a week, over an hour away) I don't have time to sit on the computer and spam up peoples computers, Hell Will R. is giving me advise about posting the link here, I was to lazy to do all that(figured people could google it) let alone spend all my time promoting the WSBA. Your jumping on me for posting ONE post about the WSBA on here because I posted on one other board. I hope someone don't jump all over you for talking about your GSD and then going to another board and posting about it there, YOU MIGHT get called a SPAMMER. I have never interluded into your post to hassle you, What gives? I would love to participate in meaningful chat with you about dogs, and things to do about dogs IE.. REGISTRIES ect... but if your just going to waste thread being a "Registered Female" please discontinue replying to anymore of my posts, as others have requested you to do. My mother told me if you don't have anything nice or MEANINGFUL to say don't say anything at all. If you wish re-direct our conversation to constructive chat lets forget this and talk dogs, If not please let this be our final correspondance to each other. Oh! and I mean it Please have a blessed day, because people aren't always bad, they just have bad days, and I hope yours is filled with your wishes.

1) Unbunch your undies.
2) Read my post.

Until a registry does DNA and tattoos I won't consider using them, as they are NOT verifying the origin of the dogs and are little more than a waste of trees. When chip readers become internationally standardized and extremely common then it might be able to replace the tattoo. Otherwise why pay for what I can do myself?

I think that an open working dog registry that does DNA testing could do a lot of good, but since they started without it transitioning would be incredibly difficult. The kind of registry I would like to see is another topic completely.

Dear Lauren,
(1) I'd unbunch them for ya if I wore them I free ball it here sista, LOL <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> .
(2) Can we be friends?
(3) I do believe WSBA does require tatooing
(4) You sound like you have the answer, I believe your 100% correct, so how can I download a copy of your registration forms? I think what you are doing is much better than the WSBA, I'm definatly going to use your registry instead.
(5)gotta go somethings burning; smells electrical, yeah, I might wanna check this out!

Think I'll go pour me a bourbon and coke and settle in for what seems to be a pretty funny cat fight! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

The UKC has a DNA program. I have come across too many whiners and not enough helpers to have time to start a registry right now, much less one with a koer system (I would want to do it right the first time).

Tattoos without DNA is like a bad bowl of chili. Might be good at first, but later you will realize it just won't work.