Many years ago we were showing our first Ch in the all breeds. The dog was looking at the people and the Judge started in on our Handler about WHO WAS DOUBLING! I was doing NOTHING but watching! The ARROGANT Judge made our handler set the dog up facing the wall to make an example. I was amazed at the arrogance.................Mo > Interesting you should mention that. In Muncie there was a rep present. I > had two animals entered. The judges made not doubling clear. I did not > double my dogs..they still performed. That is not to say that they could > have done so with extensive gaiting..but they did do so for the amount of > gaiting needed for those shows. I am not advocating what people do in > regard to doubling..however I am certain there are ways to work around > some ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================