Yes, Tish, I wouldn't mind showing under someone with little or no ring experience. A knowledgable breeder doesn't need a lot of ring experience to pick out the best dogs. I'd much rather have a judge that knows dogs rather than one that knows ring experience. I,m not saying that they don't need any ring experience. What's wrong with all breed matches? Why do they need stewarding? Ann www.edangsd.com breeder-owner Gv Ch ET ROM, owner-handler AOE GVx Ch dawnhill's Carli, 14 ROMs, 55 champions TISHW@xxxxxxx wrote:In a message dated 8/1/2005 6:30:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > . I think that shows that although there are a lot of very dedicated and > knowledgable breeders out there, the requirements for them to do a futurity > are > too hard . The board has been doing a great job listening to its membership. > Maybe they can look at changing these requirements Hi Ann, Would you really want someone out there judging your futurity entries who has had no or very little ring experience?? Actually there are several people who have never judged a futurity on the list this year (or not very recently anyway). Tish BTW - I do not select the judges, nor does the Board. The regional clubs sends in a list of judges and the Board approves out of those who sign the agreements. Only one club did not get their first choice this year because that person declined. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================