Just a note...mentoring goes on during judging. Can;t blame the extra time on mentoring. Education programs should be before the National...not in the middle of it. Maybe on a day between performance and conformation? The Shelties and (I think) the Collies have a whole day devoted to BREEDER education and judges' education, not just the programs for judges.........and what's more, those are very well attended..... and the audience even gets to participate.... I don't call 3 days of conformation judging a quickie dog show.... As the rest of the PPP group knows, I didn't go...it is very difficult for me to go away from home for days on end........ Peggy Terry Cochran wrote: > >In the olden days were there educaton programs? Were there mentoring programs? >Were there judges seminar?. Which of these do we dump for the sake of the >quicky dog show ? > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================