In a message dated 5/7/2010 7:35:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tokaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: WOW - I am so offended by your posts. Most of us are intelligent enough to understand the rules. Somehow you feel you have the right to offend everyone. Some us not only understand the Grand Champion rules but also understand your insults, whether actual or implied. Tiring to say the least.....and I rarely respond or post. I can't speak to anyone else, but I sure didn't mean to offend anyone. I am very pleased with the answers to what this new program means. I take judging very seriously. If I am being asked to do something in the ring as a judge, I want to know what it is, and try not to do it wrong. I realize now that the AKC didn't bother to determine what we were to judge on, but to decide if the quality we are judging meets some sort of standard that the judge decides. That confuses me as I always judged against the standard, and not some personal opinion as to the quality. I am willing to judge in any manner that the AKC wants, and I respect that other judges can do the same. I just wanted to know what I was being asked to do. Because of the answers on this List, from Kay, Cathy and Peggy in particular, I have a good idea of what I am supposed to do. I will try to do that. How it will work out, I have no idea. I don't know if I can judge the dogs that way or not, but I will try. No one should be offended when we ask questions, or give answers. Some humor here and there never hurts, but certainly the exchange of ideas and theories has been a great help to me. And, it is always about me. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================