GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this database form and help us in our research.
Information on any dog may only be submitted to this project with
permission of the owner of the dog;
if you were not the actual dog owner, please seek
their permission BEFORE taking this survey - thank you.
Much of the form is self-explanatory; however a few points are worth noting:
Most of the fields are mandatory. Should you leave any field blank and submit the
form, you'll get an "error report" advising what has been omitted or incorrectly
filled out and will be re-presented with the form. None of the information already
entered will be lost, so you won't have to enter anything twice!
Your e-mail address must be valid and active. It is used for two purposes:
A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you upon successful
submission of the form.
It will contain instructions on how to confirm your database entry; for most users this
will simply be a link you must click on. This is to help us
ensure the integrity of the data we collect. This e-mail will be from submissions
at this domain and have the subject title, "Your GSD Registry
Entry:" followed by the entry (guest) number.
A link entitled "(Send e-mail)" will appear alongside your name on
the results page. This is to enable others contact you by way of a mailform
if they wish to do so. Should someone make contact with you via this
form, the e-mail you'll receive will have the subject line
"Contact from the GSD Registry".
PLEASE SEE THIS IMPORTANT NOTE
concerning automatic e-mails.
At no point is your e-mail address ever disclosed publicly; only site administrators will
be able to access it. This is to help protect your online privacy from "spambots" -
programs that scour the Internet looking for e-mail addresses to which they can send spam, or
junk e-mail. No spambot will be able to harvest your e-mail address as a result of
filling out this form.
For the health problems there are a number of selection lists, each giving
exactly the same options so you can supply details of any health problems your dog had
during its life. You may not duplicate entries; duplicates (such as selecting
"Allergies" more than once) will be detected, and you'll get the form back
indicating that you've made an error in the health problems section. This is done
because these are considered for analysis, and duplicates would skew the results
and thus render them less useful.
A similar mechanism is in place for the causes of death. It is possible that death
resulted for more than one reason.
Please use the single-line text area beneath the health problems and causes of
death to augment your information. This is merely freeform text that cannot be
analysed, so please don't use it to say something that has already been covered
by the selection lists!
HEALTH PROBLEMS SELECTION LISTS
Some of the health problems have been set up rather tersely in order to save space.
Here we'd like to outline what some of the less obvious health problems may cover.
Cardiovascular System
Heart and Blood Vessels
Digestive System
Esophagus, Intestine, Gall Bladder, Liver, Pancreas, and Stomach
Endocrine System
Adrenal Gland, Parathyroid Gland, Part of the Pancreas, and Thyroid
Digestive System
Esophagus, Intestine, Gall Bladder, Liver, Pancreas, and Stomach
Hematopoietic System
Blood and Bone Marrow
Integumentary System
Skin and Coat
Lymphatic System
Lymph nodes and Lymph Vessels
Muscoskeletal System
Bones, Joints, and Muscles
Nervous System
Neurological disorders involving the Brain, Spinal Cord, Tissues, and Nerves
Respiratory System
Bronchi, Mouth, Nose, and Trachea
Sensory System
Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
Urogenital System
Genital Organs and Kidneys
INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING PICTURES AND HTML FORMATTING
Here are some basic instructions for using HTML in the "Comments"
area of the GSD Registry form.
This will enable you to do some neat things in your Comments
textarea box when you fill out the form;
one such trick is to insert a pic of your dog into your entry, like this...
The generic code to type for inserting such an image is as follows:
Note: Please do not insert an image that has a width in excess of 400 pixels, or is greater
than 25KB in size. If you do, then we are likely to remove the image from your entry because
it has a huge negative speed impact for other visitors!
If you wish to include a link to a larger picture, please use the following code instead:-
<a href="http://image_url/image_file" target="_blank">
Please click here to see a picture (new window)
</a>
where the image_url and image_file are the same as before. Thus for Jack
Flash above, it will look like this:-
and the specific HTML code to achieve this looks like this:-
<a href="http://www.gsdbbr.org/images/jackf5b.jpg" target="_blank">
Please click here to see a picture (new window)
</a>
You can, of course, change the "Please click here to see a picture (new window)"
to any other suitable text as and if required.
Please feel free to post links to other sites in the Comments area of the GSD Registry
form that contain appropriate references to pages similar to the
Memorial page here.
The general code to type for linking to a webpage is:
url is the URL of the page required (e.g. mzjf.com/memorial.htm)
Clickable word(s) here are the words that are "clickable" to take
you to the page given by url (e.g. "Memorial page here" without the quotes).
Thus the code to use to link to the Memorial Page above is:
<a href="http://mzjf.com/memorial.htm" target="_blank">
Memorial page here
</a>
Important: When referencing by creating any link, either to a page or an image, you MUST
include the code target="_blank". That will cause a new browser window to
open for that link. If you fail to do this, the new link will REPLACE the page the form is on.
Such links are then subject to editing by the site administrator to include the
target="_blank" clause. It will not be removed however, as would an inserted
picture that doesn't conform to the rules that outlined above.
Note: Some servers prohibit "cross-loading" images from websites that are hosted
at those servers. If you know that your server does this, please use the second method of
linking your picture, because use of the first method will fail (the picture will not be
displayed). If one of the site administrators sees that this has happened to you,
they will change it to a link (second method) for you. At this time there are no
facilities to actually host your picture on this site, due to webspace considerations.
Miscellaneous HTML tags you might use...
Pressing your ENTER key in the Comments area of the form will cause a line break to appear in
your Comments when they are displayed on the GSD Registry pages.
It is set up to accept HTML - the language of Web pages - and you may use this to link pictures
and websites if you desire. It also allows for the following formatting to be achieved:
To create a new line, simply press Enter or insert a <br> (or <br />) tag
at the place within your Comments where you want the new line to start (has the same effect as
pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard).
The new line will start immediately after the <br> tag.
To create a new paragraph, insert a <p> tag at the place in your Comments where you
want the new paragraph to start. The new paragraph will start immediately after the <p> tag.
At the end of the paragraph, close it by way of </p>.
To center an entire line, paragraph, or image within your Comments, mark the start of
the section to be centered with <center> and the end of the section to be centered
with </center>. For example:
<center>Line, paragraph or image code to be centered</center>
To underline some text, use <u> at the start of the text to be underlined, and
</u> at the end.
To use italics, use <i> at the start of the text to be italicized, and
</i> at the end.
To make certain text bold, use <b> at the start of the text to be marked in bold, and
</b> at the end.
You can use two or more of these together, so (for example) here is how you might
use Bold and Underline together by way of the following:
<u><b>Text to be underlined and made bold</b></u>
or
<b><u>Text to be underlined and made bold</u></b>
Please note that you must close HTML tags in the reverse order in which
they were opened, or what is displayed may not be exactly what you had in mind. Thus
the following example is invalid and may not work correctly:
<i><u>Incorrect method to italicize and underline some text</i></u>
None of the above HTML codes within <brackets> or "carets" will appear
in the results of your submission once added to the GSD Registry page.
You will see them as you type them in the Comments area, but they will
be interpreted correctly in the final result. So please don't worry!
IMPORTANT NOTE CONCERNING AUTOMATIC E-MAILS
Some ISPs (and any special mail client software), especially AOL but by
no means restricted to AOL, filter out automatically generated e-mail as it is
considered to be junk e-mail, or spam.
If you use such a service, it is quite possible that you may not readily see the confirmation
e-mail sent by this site when you make a database entry. There is a spam folder into which
mails that are considered to be spam are sent, and you may need to look there for
your confirmation message. It will be easy to spot because it will be from "submissions"
and have a subject title of "Your GSD Registry Entry: 999" where 999 is your
guest ID. It may be worthwhile setting up a mail filter to accept any mail that has
the words "GSD Registry" in the title to make sure you don't miss any
important confirmation e-mails
and contacts from anybody who contacts you as a result of your database entry here
(any such communication will result in you receiving an e-mail with the subject line
"Contact from GSD Registry" so you'll know exactly where it came from).
CONFIRMATION E-MAIL AND EXAMPLE
All entries to this database must be confirmed within
2 days, after which time the entry will be automatically deleted. Confirmation is achieved
by way of automatically sending you an e-mail to the specified e-mail address once
your entry has been successfully added, and you following the simple instructions given
there; don't worry, it will usually involve nothing more than clicking on a link.
This is a security measure to help us preserve the integrity of the data held on our
database.
Here is an example of the e-mail you will receive when you fill out this
database form. It will be sent in plain text format with no HTML formatting or
JavaScript, and will have the subject heading "Your GSD Registry
Entry:" followed by your entry (guest) number.
Subject: Your GSD Registry Entry: 123
Dear <Name>,
Thank you for taking the time to fill out the GSD Registry form.
Your entry has been stored in the database.
However, to ensure the integrity of the data it is necessary to confirm your entry ASAP
(2 days maximum) especially if you wish to place details of more than one
dog into the database.
Failure to do so will result in your entry being automatically removed.
Non AOL users only: To confirm your entry, please just click on this link:
Should that fail also, then please accept our apologies but you'll need to follow these instructions instead:
1. Point a browser window to www.gsdbbr.org/gsdrgfrm.php
2. Click on the link labelled "Confirm Database Entry"
3. Click in the area marked "Guest ID" and enter 123
4. Click in the area marked "Confirmation Code" and enter BkeIjEt9m2D9SK12zH8f - the best way to do this is to copy and paste;
the letters are case-sensitive.
5. Click on the Confirm button
You will receive a message informing you that your entry has been confirmed and your entry will then become permanent in the database.
You will not receive any further automatic e-mails from us pertaining to this dog, and you are not signing up to any newsletters;
furthermore, we will not make your e-mail address available to any third parties.
Please do not reply to this e-mail or send any mails to this address; it is not manned and all mails sent here are automatically deleted.
You will receive one e-mail of this nature for each dog submitted into the database. PLEASE SEE THIS IMPORTANT NOTE concerning automatically generated e-mails
if you have not already done so.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL NOTICE
Please take note of the following legal information:-
This is a not for profit website. No funds are to be sent or collected from this website,
or in the name of this website.
It is not our intention to infringe anyone's copyright!
All reasonable care and attention has been made to ensure that copyrighted material
is acknowledged as such prior to publishing on this website. However,
if you are the copyright holder of any other item on this site, and wish to be recognised as
such (or even have your item removed) please let us know by way of email, giving
appropriate references, then we will be able to make a suitable amendment.
The owner and moderators of this board will not be held liable for any false information
posted by another. If there is any problem with a pedigree posted to this board
please contact the administrator of this board to get the pedigree removed.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation :)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank You to Barb Williams and members of a German Shepherd list of breeders who have
decided that it is time to concentrate on health problems within the breed!
To Angus Cook,
There are friendships in life that are so valuable that one wonders how they ever managed
without that person in their life. This is a perfect description of our friendship, Angus :)
You are truly an incredible man! After all the hours and months of work on Heaven's Gate,
for which you refused compensation, when you heard of the new project I was hoping to put
together, The German Shpeherd Dog Breed Betterment Registry, you stepped right up to the plate,
and volunteered to create it for us, without even being asked, and refusing
compensation once again!!! I am so very grateful to you, Angus - for your friendship,
and for you being *you*! How blessed I am to call you "friend"!
How do I begin to thank you for taking the time, once again, to tackle such a major project??
How do I thank you for taking your own free time, and helping breeders of German Shepherd Dogs
to better the breed ... Even more amazing is the fact that you are doing this out of
the kindness of your heart, in an effort to help us achieve our goal of producing a
healthier dog, and you dont even own a dog yourself!
I have come to believe that God sent me an angel, in you :) Angus, you a very very special
- a definite one of a kind!
Thank you for thinking of ways to make the GSDBBR run more smoothly, so entries can be made
with ease. You have helped to make the GSDBBR that much more valuable.
You are one very special person! {{{{{Angus}}}}}}
To Barb Williams, with much love,
Your endless support has kept me going from the birth of this project to fruition.
You have mentored me, educated me, and helped me in any way you could possibly help,
and I want to thank you for always *being there* for me. I truly value your friendship
and your incredible knowledge! Thank you for choosing a perfect name for this Registry;
the name you have suggested says it all!
To the members of the AmerGSD List,
You are the pioneers in the breed who will make a difference.
Your open minds and your willingness to try to bring about changes will set a pattern for
others to follow. Thank you for answering and taking part in my endless polls,
letting me know exactly what information breeders need to make the right breeding choices,
and helping me gather the informaation needed to make this Breed registry work!
I am most grateful to all of you :)
To Bill Elliott,
Thank you for working with us, side by side, tracking down the fonts, colors and creating
the buttons for the GSDBBR. Thanks for answering my frantic SOS
"I need it done yesterday", emails, always with a *smile* in the words you typed.
To Vicki Kniss,
Thank you for your organizational skills, your help, support, and for sending me
the emails from Angus and Bill, that AOL always bounced.
Thanks for always finding the right words, whenever I came up blank!
Hugs and love to you all!
Marjorie
A huge thank you and tons of hugs to Angus Cook for volunteering his time and efforts to
get the GSDBBR working. This could not have been accomplished without
his help. We are most grateful for your help, Angus! :)
