White Shepherds

[borzoimom]

Jackfrost- just because its not an accepted color in our standard, doesnt mean they dont exist. Even in Belgiums you can get both the Terv color and the Belgium color as well. They divided the dog because of color, and not the first to do so. Also a Norfolk and a Norwich can have either in their litters to as well. My point is- color can seperate any breed, and our acceptance in the AKC doesnt make all breeds. Plenty of dogs similar in color but not accepted here yet. Like the Irish Setter in our country is only red- they can be red and white in other countries. The newly coming red and white setter will be named just that eventhough it is stilll a Irish Setter. Just because we don't honor a breed color, doesnt remove the legitamacy.

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[Ceph]

quite frankly I think that any dog can do anything else a dog could do. It drives me insane that people think that one kind of dog is better than others. A rescue dog given the right training and drive and breed type can do just as well as another dog....sometimes they cant, sometimes they can.

As far as the animals not throwing white animals for 30 years, I find that very hard to believe....and if it was the case I am willing to guess they probably didnt breed the animals throwing whites as much, thus further causing the gene to recess.

I will put down one more example from equine science that might have some part to do with this (I use horses because I know them better, and because I think fundamentally here the animals are similiar)

The American Quarter Horse Association allows only animals of solid color to be registered. They cast out the paints and the appy's even though they mat have been structurally sound...they were culled from the breeding herds. They broke off and formed their own associations (American Paint Horse Association and the FAHR). Today even when a paint or appaloosa is thrown from and QH stud and mare (it happens, though rarely), they are still not allowed to register but can register in the APHA. They are basically the same horse with different colors. Paints excell easly as well as Quarter horses, and today, the foundation breed of quarter horses have far more confirmation problems then their colored friends. Paints came from a generally smaller gene pool, but you wont find a smart QH breeder saying that paints couldnt do all the same things as a QH.

My point I suppose is not to be close minded....I love colored and White dogs all the same....I myself am going white because from everything I have read, and the breeders I have talked to (to include colored breeders) well bred WGSDs have slightly more drive and brain.

[borzoimom]

Ceph- the Russians killed borzois for years that were not mostly white. They wanted a dog that would blend in the snow. The US did the most to bring the self colors back from oblivian..