Longhair forum

[Lin]

But this is a GSD board. If they branched off and was a separate breed, it wouldn't belong on this forum any longer and a section would not be made for them. We don't have a section for Belgians, they are a separate breed and this is a GSD forum.

[Lilie]

Unless Hondo's long hair causes his behavior to be different than the standard GSD, then I don't find it neccessary to draw a line in the sand.

But then again, I never really thought about it. I haven't considered that those 'ear puffs' could be pulling...ever so slightly...on his brain causing adverse reactions....and I don't want to even begin to think about what those 'butt puffs' are doing....

[jkscandi50]

I'm glad we're all together - and this is a great forum - I've learned a lot and folks don't seem as judgmental here as on others.

[Castlemaid]

My suggestion for Danielle would be to start a LC GSD thread and invite members to share and comment and post pictures if they want.

[Jessiewessie99]

To me they are all GSDs no matter what the color of their hair is or how long it is.

[Francine]

Originally Posted by Jessiewessie99

I agree, there is not much difference and you can talk about long haired GSDs on here. There isn't much difference between the breeders. I don't think they purposely breed for Long hairs, but rather have them pop up in litters.

I found this:
Longcoated German Shepherds - Welcome

There are special long haired breeders who breed for only long coats there dogs that have a more square appearance and much heavier bone and body plus a lot less HD.

[arycrest]

Originally Posted by Francine

There are special long haired breeders who breed for only long coats there dogs that have a more square appearance and much heavier bone and body plus a lot less HD.

I agree the long hairs generally seem to have heavier bone, however, I'm curious about the statement "... plus a lot less HD" ... do you have OFA or OVC (or other recognized organization) data backing this claim up?

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by Francine

There are special long haired breeders who breed for only long coats there dogs that have a more square appearance and much heavier bone and body plus a lot less HD.

Why call them "old fashioned" and "rare" LH GSDs are not rare.

[codmaster]

Originally Posted by DanielleKeith

One more post and then I'll quit with it........

Does anyone not see the future here? With the inclusion of the longcoats in the sv and the restrictions on breeding only longcoats to longcoats and stocks to stocks wouldn't it seem logical to think that recessive gene or not, schaeferhund or not, that there will probably be an official altdeutscher schaeferhund and a deutscher schaeferhund?

In my personal opinion, it is likely the outcome that the sv is going for. A distinguishable difference in the altdeutscher and the deutscher. Seemed like a logical question to have a forum for those who are specifically into the altdeutschers!

http://www.schaeferhund.de/site/file...chtordnung.pdf

Number 4 has the new regulations. There will be a split. There is a major difference ahead for breeders, owners, trainers etc. when you now are dealing with basically 2 separate breeds or at least breeding rules. So...... Have a good one!

That will be interesting when one can still get a LC puppy from stock coat parents! Interesting registration and pedigrees will result.