You're right that judging the breed is the most important to get right. The group and BIS, however, are soooooo often determined by the advertising dollar. Those folks don't put $5,000 or more a month into those magazines just so they can see their dog's picture. Also, you have surely noticed that the handler is much more recognizable than the dog -------not intentional ? Dream on. If that group judge does not know the breed, he feels safe going with the highly advertised favorite. BTW, this is true in many breeds. The thing we need to do is to convince some of our die-hard specialty judges to get off their duff ( yes, you, Fred ) and apply for some more breeds so that the clubs can afford to hire you. You already have an advantage in that if you are a good shepherd judge, it will be a walk in the park to judge almost all of the herding, working, and sporting breeds. You would be able to find the good ones even without the magazine adds. Big Grin. Carolyn Kay Reamensnyder <bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ah, Fred.....your making this way to complicated. Judging the breeds are the hardest.........that's where all the work is done. By the time you get to Group, some one has pretty well "weeded your garden" for you. When it comes to Best In Show.....it is a matter of personal opinion as to who is BEST. These dogs don't get to BIS without being outstanding represenatives of their breed. Trust me, by the time a judge can "judge " BIS, they have spent along time around other breeds, groups of breeds and the people who exhibit them and breed them. I guess I had better get in gear.........I'm 65 and I only judge the Herding Group and part of the Working Group.....let's see, that gives me 29 years to learn enough to judge BIS. ---Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus ---bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---VISIT OUR WEBSITE:http://home.earthlink.net/~bedkar > [Original Message] > From: > To: ; > Date: 12/12/2005 1:37:55 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: GSD Judges > > > In a message dated 12/12/2005 4:14:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, > bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Learning is not lineal.....people really are capable of absorbing more than > one > fact at a time and forming complex knowledge. > > Kay > > > > I agree again that's why they can do it in 6 months instead of 10 years > remember judging best in show you are not judging the good ones from the bad ones > that's easy your judging the best from the best. You have to know the fine > points of every breed. I think 92 is a conservative estimate. 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