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I think that they only do swiss mountain dogs, which I'm pretty sure are like burmese without the fun floofy coats? I like them, but I really tend to prefer long haired dogs/dogs with thick coats (greyhounds, italian greyhounds, and labs being the only exception so far). Thanks for the link, though!
 
Are this:
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and this:
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(both german shepherds)
actually different colors, or just like with golden retrievers where you can have lighter ones and darker ones and they're still the same thing?
 
black_cat said:
Are this:
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and this:
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(both german shepherds)
actually different colors, or just like with golden retrievers where you can have lighter ones and darker ones and they're still the same thing?
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GSD's usually come in lots of different colors. Just google "german shepherd colors"

I also do not like long haired GSDS, hard to find a reputable breeder. Let me introduce to you white swiss shepherds.


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Ok, so, once upon a time, dogs were either registered, or they weren't. If your dog was registered, you could show them at any AKC event and venue, and if you bred them to another registered dog, you registered the Whole Entire litter, and then the future owners could also show and breed their dogs. But then, the AKC said, "We'll "register" dogs, and then we'll REALLY register dogs. We'll let breeders decide which individual 8 week old puppy gets REAL papers, and who gets a pretty document to toss in a drawer."

And breeders said "Yay! We have all the power over who gets to breed and which dogs get bred! YOU can't have one of MY dogs..." and promptly started handing out "papers" which don't let you show your dog or register puppies. Unless you were a friend. Or gave them a few hundred extra $$$. Or knew someone who knew someone.

They justified this by saying things like "Look, this puppy has a white toenail, it's against the standard! This puppy will probably get a half inch too big, so couldn't be shown anyway. See? It's working" And in the meantime, all those dogs who might have had great, healthy hearts, or stellar temperament, or rocked working competitions, and who absolutely COULD have contributed positively to the breed white toenail or no (and soon, no one even bothered justifying it, they just hoarded papers to their little cliques) were culled from the breeding population.

What happens when you narrow a breeding population down to 15% to 3% of individuals? (The average amount of truly registered puppies per year per breed)

It's called a genetic bottleneck, and inevitably leads to vastly decreased health due to inbreeding.

Breeders everywhere = :Surprised Pikachu face:
But do they admit they're wrong and drop the program? Nope!! They start pointing fingers, casting shade and double down and register less dogs.
Which means less people getting into dogs, less showing, making it harder to earn championships, meaning these people now have to breed dogs who don't have show-titles, after years of bad-mouthing people who breed dogs without show titles, sending more people to backyard breeders.
Breeders everywhere = :Surprised Pikachu face: again. Double down again because of all the "backyard breeders"

Some breeds have actually had ZERO fully registered dogs for a couple of years. That goes on and it becomes breed extinction.

More clear?
 

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