The truth is that many of the newer judges dont do a good job with their own breeds, so how do you exspect they to do with a breed they have hardly seen????Good judges must have an eye for a dog. They must hgave a god given eye for symmetry, balance, rhythm and the beautiful flowing lines most dogs have. They must have a eye for the rhythm of the gait on any breed...they all have a beautiful rhythmic flow to their gaits...At least the good ones have. It is this flow we look for in movement. DEpending on the correctness of structure,the flow will differ from dog to dog. There should be an acceptable range however that allows a dog to be a good moving one. There are many judges, and i can name many, that will never be able to judge adequately. These are nonlearners within the dog fancy. I gave up sitting in the Groug ring with the other judge at all breed shows. The comments I have heard come out of some of their mouths have been embarrasing to say the least. These are some big named judges I have heard say ridiculous things. Thet mostly brag about having put up the dogs with records...dah does that take tallent...just read the boobs...All judges get Dog Newws every week, Canint Chronical, and a couple of others...what is there now what you have a weekly reference for the top show dogs??? Time to shut up....I will be starting a BLOG soon where I can be heard...I willletbthe line know where it is!!! Chuck Kruger dvm www.dockruger.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================