First, from Johannes Grewe:

First of all let me clarify that these proposed by-law changes has the support of the Executive Officers and Directors at Large of USCA. In addition the Executive Board had been consulted and it was evident that the majority of the EB agreed to the proposed by-law changes.

When one studies the history of USCA as I have for many years it becomes very obvious that these proposed by-law changes are long overdue.

One needs to know that USCA is the organization that has brought the true German Shepherd Dog to the US against the will of the long time existing German Shepherd Dog organization within the American Kennel Club.

One also needs to know that USCA is not affiliated within the World Kennel Club and perhaps will never become a member of the World Kennel Club (FCI).

This factor makes USCA very fragile and we have enough tasks at hand keeping us accepted internationally.

Without the late WUSV President Peter Messler most likely we would not even be a member of the World Union of German Shepherd Dogs, WUSV.

The AKC German Shepherd Dog Club, GSDCA has opposed the membership of USCA in the WUSV.

I hope we all agree that the AKC and the GSDCA do not like the true German Shepherd Dog and would wish that this subject would never have risen.

The attempt of establishing a working dog program by the AKC was never been fully sanctioned by either organization AKC or GSDCA. Only some members who hate USCA and the entire Schutzhund movement in the US were behind the WDS program. The newly discussed program of listing Schutzhund Titles in the AKC pedigree does not promise to bring any progress to the true German Shepherd Dog.

The AKC and GSDCA dog is a completely different dog than the true German Shepherd Dog promoted by the SV and internationally by the WUSV. The dog is different in structure and different in temperament.

The AKC and GSDCA dog is very different to the USCA promoted dog.

Membership in both organizations creates a conflict of interest.

The Working Dog Association, WDA as I have recently learned from the WDA President is a separate organization from the GSDCA. However, it has been since the beginning and still is very strongly affiliated with the GSDCA. It seems to me that when ever it is necessary to point out that this affiliation is strongly established.

The WDA was formed by GSDCA President George Collins, Dr. David Landau, Dr. Alden Denman and others all from the GSDCA with the attempt to destroy USCA. I have witnessed George Collins and Dr. Landau several times in WUSV meetings doing everything they can against USCA.

Over the years WDA has been growing mostly with the help of USCA members. I assume that approximately 50% of their members are also USCA members. So, they slowly got stronger and today control the Show-Situation and we just watching this happen and keep watching them get stronger on the Schutzhund site too.

Several months ago we were consulted by the WDA President and started talking of forming an alliance to find common grounds for a friendly merger between our two organizations. I was a member of the USCA committee and attended the only one conference call we had. Everything seemed to be good. Later we learned that the WDA also had conversations with the GSDCA behind our back and signed a written agreement with the GSDCA.

Without the GSDCA the WDA is more than fragile; it is an organization not accepted anywhere and therefore needs the GSDCA. Without the GSDCA the SV will not release any judges to the WDA.

So here we are. I hope we all agree that the GSDCA is so different from us that a membership in both organizations creates a conflict of interest. You can only support either the true German Shepherd Dog or the creature established by the GSDCA. One should only support one or the other.

The WDA is the GSDCA-WDA and that should explain it all.

Thank you for your attention.

Johannes Grewe