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by Phil Behun on 14 January 2010 - 23:01
by ShadyLady on 15 January 2010 - 00:01
No, it's Belgian SHEPHERD, and they are one breed under the FCI. It's the the Americans that separated the ONE breed into different "breeds" and they call the black dogs, the Groenendael, the Belgian Sheepdog in the U.S.
The coat standard under FCI and AKC is for all of them to have undercoat. Not that your Mals do or did.
by Phil Behun on 15 January 2010 - 01:01
by ShadyLady on 15 January 2010 - 01:01
Yeah, and the U.S. splitting them did a huge disservice to the entire Belgian Shepherd temperament. Having the ability to breed all of the varieties together is helpful, but that is mostly for conformation-only folks outside the U.S. now...
Right, the thread was originally about long coated German Shepherds. :-)
by Nans gsd on 15 January 2010 - 02:01
by Phil Behun on 15 January 2010 - 03:01
by Nans gsd on 15 January 2010 - 15:01
by Phil Behun on 15 January 2010 - 16:01
by ShadyLady on 15 January 2010 - 19:01
Every breed has its separate groups of working people, breed ring people, and a mix of them all. New groups will not stop forming and there is no way to stop it if the puppies are popular. Phil is right, it's all about the money -- and egos first. For the powers that be, the big hats in charge, it's not about perserving the breed's (pick any breed) orginal purpose.
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