OK in my opinion if I can see that a dogs tooth was there and has been damaged in some way than I'm not going to fault the animal because of that.The standard says missing teeth not damaged teeth. I can't dump a nice moving dog to a fair moving dog just because it has a damaged tooth. On the other hand if I can't see that there was a tooth at all than I must fault the animal. GSD'S are a herding dog and injury's happen. I guess you just have to use common sense. Randy Hamm Von Hamm's German Shepherds Fran Henry <fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I just don't understand why NO one has answered Jackie's question. Dog has full dentition. Dog loses a tooth -- decay, accident, too-aggressive bone chewing. WHAT ARE THAT DOG'S CHANCES IN THE RING?????? What are the mitigating factors, if any? Are there any remedies?? Folks, this [in my scenario] is a dog with full dentition =8B an accident happens. Is this dog permanently disqualified?? And, if so, WHY????? And yes, I know. Dogs have finished missing half an ear. If you can be missing an ear, why not a tooth? Could someone please just answer the question??????? Fran ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Let fate take it's course directly to your email. See who's waiting for you Yahoo! Personals ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================