Quote Originally Posted by rutylr
White GSD's have been around for ever,and they use to be allowed to show.Then someone got a bug up their but and decieded they did not like them and had the standard changed to diss allow them from showing.
The White Shepherd is built different from the German shepherd and they are also called White Swiss Shepherd Dog or Berger Blanc Suisse.
I must be missing something in the translation. Did some digging and came up with this:

The Weisser Schweizer Schäferhund, or Berger Blanc Suisse, more commonly known as the White Swiss Shepherd, was often considered a mutation of the German Shepherd, until recently when it was finally considered a separate breed after years of campaigning from White Shepherd enthusiasts. Currently, this breed is only recognised by the FCI and the UKC, but more efforts are being made to give the breed worldwide recognition as a separate and distinct breed from the