Double or Nothing.

It is easy to say "Just spay/neuter your show shepherds, and then buy working shepherds that aren't so extreme", but show breeders breed to win, don't they? so the answer there is to change the judging - or just not have dog shows anymore, they are kind of silly, aren't they?

But many dog breeders, who have been at it for a long time, know their personal dog's ancestry like a soap opera fan knows the histories of the characters on their favorite soap opera.

It hurts these old timers to feel that their line of dogs, would come to an end, and not be bred anymore. Change is better than death, so maybe the answer is to outcross to Doberman Pinschers?

But to do that, the idea of "purebreds" has to go into the trash bin. Dog breeders need to understand how close "inbred" and "purebred" are, and to understand that neither needs to be their goal in breeding dogs - they can breed for genetic diversity, health, and temperament.