Quote: bob scott

I applaud the eforts of the Panda Shepherd breed in her efforts in DNA testing, however she is still marketing them as something new and special.
I'll bet they go for a pretty penny.

I second what Bob said. I too, am older than dirt it seems as I remember when this all came about. I personally don't doubt that Frankie was a purebred GSD and I also applaud the fact that the breeder does testing on her breeding stock.

However, at least for me, testing is the bare minimum a breeder should do when considering breeding two dogs. This breeder now breeds for this mutation and has written her own Panda "standard". It has progressed from curiousity regarding the potential wheres and hows of a mutation to a money making venture.

I am not a GSD breeder so I might be out to lunch but if you take color entirely out of the equation I do not see GSDs that have the structure I would want to reproduce nor have the vast majority proven them in the performance arena outside of basic titles such as CD (or at least I have not seen ones with advanced performance titles on them). Granted performance titles are not and end all be all but I would have to see them working to overcome the reservations I have in reproducing that structure coupled with a genetic mutation.

Speaking about older then dirt, that post Dana martin put up brought back some long gone names.

Which thread? I have to admit I miss Robert VanCamp and some of the other posters who used to frequent this board a few years ago :-)

 Quote: Ingrid Rosenquist

Which thread? I have to admit I miss Robert VanCamp and some of the other posters who used to frequent this board a few years ago :-)

Amen

Black and tan looks better than the tri colour. Not sure if this is anymore than a GSD with white added in. I dont think it gives them any new powers.

I have also heard that the dogs with blue eyes and pink nose have a higher chance of deafness.

Those dogs look kinda like a bigger version of Kipp

 Quote: Mara Jessup

Those dogs look kinda like a bigger version of Kipp

I sort of thought the same thing.

someone on here once asked me if Tucker was a Panda Shepherd....

i said, Nope....just a mutt.
handsome, but just a mutt.

I agree! They look like an overgrown BC with goofy hips.

I think he is more handsome then the Panda's Wendy. I've never seen one, don't know anyone that has but just from pictures I have never been able to warm up to their looks.

Now Tucker, he's very handsome!