[ SHOWGSD-L ] GSD Judges
- From: VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, marhaven@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:14:31 EST
Reading all the discussion re GSD Judges,I thought I'd contribute my
thoughts. First,when I got my license to judge GSD in 1965, I did ,like all of
you
do the first 2-3 yrs--judged lots and lots of Specialties,plus Futurities,and
of course the National. Also, in those days,we had many large All Breed
shows,like the International KC ,in Chicago,or Santa Barbara KC in Calif,and
Westbury KC in Long Island. These shows had very large GSD entries( 200
allowed
at that time) so the clubs always hired Specialty Judges for the GSD. These
shows were also benched,as many All Breed shows were back then.
Consequently,after judging the GSD all day,you were apt to stay around to
watch Groups ( to
see how my GSD would do <G>) and BIS. So you mingled,watched and learned
about other breeds.. I love judging---still do ,so decided to go for more
breeds.
I do 51/2 Groups,so I guess you can classify me as All Breed. I personally
watch carefully on how often I do GSD at an All Breed,because there are 3-4
times the number of shows as a our Specialties.and the Supt. never bother to
watch. For instance,this past weekend, I judged Granite City KC,and they had
the same judge doing GSD,as last year. Now to the points I wanted to make 1).
You become a much better judge of GSD,after doing some other related breeds
( Aussies,instead of Poodles)2.) You learn something at AB that you never
learn doing just Specialties--that is organization. Because you are on a time
schedule,you learn to compare, judge,and make decisions. This is why Barbara
Amidon did such a good job at the National. Barbara did AB shows,and judges a
number of other breeds. 3.).You learn that you are not there to put on a
display of yourself,but to do a workman-like job of judging. I judged three
days
in a row doing 175 dogs plus two Groups per day,in Montana last year.. You
don't concern yourself,whether it's the "right "dog, or whether it is going to
please someone or not.You just get in the ring and JUDGE dogs 4.) We do
have a lot of AB, as well as Specialty judges that no matter how many seminars
they go to,how many books they read,simply don't have the "eye"--and never
will do a good job.
One last thing--Carolyn mentioned me walking the dogs part way around
the ring.,at AB shows I still do that,but,first I have also have gaited them
around the ring 3 times ,and done partial judging already. I do it for this
reason.You can see the slow motion action of the shoulder very clearly,and I'm
a
bug on good fronts and shoulders. So ,after gaiting the dogs first, looking
at the shoulder in slow motion,is just another judging tool for me. And when
you go that slow,it certainly shows some other things as well--like foot
dragging.and rolling backs. Sorry that this was such a long email. Helen
Miller Fisher
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