i got my girlfriend to pose on the car!

[Bibs]

no... ihave a german shepherd dog. alsatian??? waht's one of them???

Slightly diff version of GSD

[MattF]

no... ihave a german shepherd dog. alsatian??? waht's one of them???

One and the same. Alsation is, I believe, the name of the town where they were commonly used/reared. (Might be slightly awry on the specifics).

[logey79]

Slightly diff version of GSD

sorry, i should make it clear whn i'm taking the pi55. basic rule is, if it's a reply to anything matt or yeti says i don't use smilies. it's a ###### german shepherd not an alsatian!!!! the term alsatian was officially dropped by the KC in 1977....

pedantic???who??? me???

[Bibs]

One and the same. Alsation is, I believe, the name of the town where they were commonly used/reared. (Might be slightly awry on the specifics).

Thought they split it for Kc - prob wrong though.

[MattF]

Now if you'd said that earlier, I'd have known you were talking bunkum. Did the K.C seriously ditch that reference to them?

[MattF]

Thought they split it for Kc - prob wrong though.

Split which bit?

[Bibs]

Split which bit?

The two types - thought the GSD was lower at back end and Alsations stood more level. Hey I duno - just in my mind.

[Bibs]

Anyway - have to love you an leave you. Hard day tmrw so need some sleep.

Missing you already......night

[logey79]

Now if you'd said that earlier, I'd have known you were talking bunkum. Did the K.C seriously ditch that reference to them?

certainly did as of 1977 due to heavy petitioning. the term alsatian came in during WW1 as a euphemism for germans and it spread to the breed. following WW2 it continued across europe and america coz of general distain for the gemans. but, after some intelliegnt people got together and said this is gash, they put the breed back to its original breed name.

technichally alsatian is a term for a gerry. the dog was officially named an alsatian wolf hound/dog. but its all hisrtory bollox. my sick boy is a big GSD!!!!

[Apache]

hooooo!!! dominant lady ,dont you love them

I was thinking about dragging out a pic of a bird in thigh boots again here, but I'll leave it to Matt as he stole all mine...

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Oh, what the hell...

[MattF]

The two types - thought the GSD was lower at back end and Alsations stood more level. Hey I duno - just in my mind.

Just been checking. Started off as GSD, was changed to Alsation after the war, (due to the sentiment towards the Germans), then KC went back to GSD in 1977. I think, anyhow. There's cartloads of info on the page. Looks like Alsation may be derived from a border name, not a town, from the quick glance I had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Shepherd_Dog

[logey79]

Just been checking. Started off as GSD, was changed to Alsation after the war, (due to the sentiment towards the Germans), then KC went back to GSD in 1977. I think, anyhow. There's cartloads of info on the page. Looks like Alsation may be derived from a border name, not a town, from the quick glance I had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Shepherd_Dog

erm...clever div...thought i just told you that!!!!

[MattF]

Anyway - have to love you an leave you. Hard day tmrw so need some sleep.

Missing you already......night

Sweet dreams.

Oh, what the hell...

Sweet. Cartoon bird.

[RodLeach]

Riiiight...

I dunno.... pop out for an hour and a bit an come back to a monster 29 page thread

[MattF]

erm...clever div...thought i just told you that!!!!

You posted whilst I was still typing.