How can I find out if these dogs are priced right? Opinions please. - Page 10

OldlinesSchh - I think  you should check your listed facts before posting them as facts.   The person you are speaking about should set you straight on some of them, I know they won't claim what isn't true about themselves  and I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate false information being posted on a forum such as this, where many people could seize the opportunity to shake that pedestal you have set this person on top of.  Probably won't be too appreciated, when it appears you are only trying to help.  Check facts before posting!

molly

Oldlinesschutzhund,

I don't know what to say.   Your post is so terribly inaccurate that I don't know whether it is hyperbole that has crossed the line, or not. 

Item # 1--Bull. Plain and simple.  Several Americans have exported gsds to Germany.  Hell, one of the most famous ones (behind a dog YOU cited!!!) was shipped from California to Germany.  Do you even have a clue which dog that is?

Item #2  BFD-- So have 2/3 of the show line breeders in the US!    Hell, there was a hobby breeder in Montana a few years ago who could make very near the same claim.

Item #3 Letting you post inaccuracies as reflected in your post calls that into question.

Item #4  BFD again.   LOTS of people are members of the SchIII club.  Moreover, LOTS of people have trained and titled dogs to SchIII who are not in the USA  SchIII club because they are not members of USA, OR because they did not obtain all the titles solely at USA trials. 

Item # 5 More hyperbole  and over the top.  There could be endless discussions of which dog was "the best working dog that ever lived."  Sheesh!  There are hundreds of candidates for that "title,"  and hundreds more yet to be born.  

  How old are you, anyway?  I ask because I can see and understand a 14 yo boy making a statement like that with a straight face.  But, not much older than 14.

Item #6  WHAT???

Honey, really, go back to you rpost and click on "edit," them just delete the contents.  Your mentor will thank you for it.

Parts of the above post were copies and pasted directly from the website, typos included.

Are these some of those well bred dogs from this kennel? Are these bred to the German standard?

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/search.html?main=db&index_in=All&results_in=10&string_in=misty+ridge

Here's a link to their breeding stock. Do these dogs meet the German breeding standard?

http://www.mistyridge.com/dogs.htm

I found the Schutzhund 3 list. It looks like there are hundreds of American names on the list. I didn't see hers.

http://germanshepherddog.com/members/SchH3%20Club%20List.pdf

Let's look at this picture again...

... I am surprised no on has commented on what looks like a huge white patch on his chest.

I ran it through my imaging programs before I posted; I did photo work for a few years. It's not a trick of the light, as the location, angle, the exact shade of white are not replicated anywhere on the dog, and the sharp delineation of the white area makes me highly suspect it's an actual white patch.

Oldlinesschutzhund-  Those "facts" are SO inaccurate.

Lewis was at least 7 yrs. old, essentially retired, having competed in the BSP 4 times, (2x 2nd place) and in the World Championship Twice before he ever stepped on US soil. Here is a link to a video of the "Greatest Working Dog that Ever Lived" (???)... WITH his trainer, Michael Kaiser.  http://www.workingdogvids.com/view/993/lewis-von-malatesta

The SchH 3 Club Member List is about 50 pages long. There is also a 21 page list of UScA Sports Medal recipients. You might want to check them out. (BTW: My maiden name was Roecker)

The German Standard for Breeding GSD's does not include the use of dogs untitled to at least the SchH 1, non-show-rated, non-breed-surveyed  as breeding partners.

I don't want to go into the rest of the mistakes in your post, except to remind you that this is not a good place not to have your facts straight.

I find it personally heart-warming that so many new members have joined us in only 3 short days. Welcome all.