http://www.realgsd.info -Did you change your website?

They must be upgrading their website at realgsd, you can access (and recognize the format) at http://www.realgsd.info/GSDinfo/1gsdinfo.htm

I wouldn't call it my site, but RealGSD now has Postnuke. I am very happy with it, but it will take a while to move all of the articles over and get the kennel rating system going. Once that is done I might add other modules as time allows.

My comment above was more or less a joke. I am not really a pet person. I have one and enjoy her, but it is not the kind of relationship that I want to have with a dog.

In Germany, I would suggest v. Burbrink. I had a Cliff some from them. Would have done it again three years ago if I could have located them

In the US, try Bob Frampton on LI in NY. He is the listed contact agent for Shaferhund Sch club in Centereach, NY.

WOW, He is right near me. Do you have a contact for him?
Rudy

Hi,
I see so many questions about; Can a showline GSD be a working dog or is it exceptional?
I can tell u it isn't. My father(40 years experience in policework and training with GSD) and I (10 years policework and training experience with several breeds) had more than one GSD policedog(trained at KNPV-standards not Schutzhund or IPO but the real deal!!!!). We don't look at the papers but at the dog. My recent dog is also a GSD from a showline, but is one of the hardest dogs I ever had. His bite is enormous, he knocks u off your feet as he wants to go through u! And his tracking skills are also impressive, can concentrate and focus on the track. Just an all purpose working dog like the GSD should be.
Anyway people look to much at the papers and not at the dog it self and not at the papers. Although i think it's crazy to breed two kinds of GSD, just breed one all purpose dog like the GSD in the old days. And like one of the other people said: if somebody wants a housedog buy another kind of dog(like a poodle!) but not the type of workingdog. Just let the workingdog breeds original. And the looks of the dog should be of less improtance then the working drive.
Sorry for my poor English( I am from Holland!) but I wanted to reply.