A dog misbehaving on the table is not a good enough excuse to dump it. The table is for examining, not for judging. Dogs are to be judged on the floor. That's one. Second, in a short interview after the group, Barry Clothier, the handler, explained that the dog had recently been roughed up on the table by a heavy handed (and no doubt stupid) judge and that he was reacting all the time now. I have seen this Pug at many shows and he has always stood like a rock when I've seen him. Recently there have been many comments about a particular judge and how roughly he has treated toy dogs on the table... as someone who once had a dog (a Corgi) nearly ruined by mistreatment by a judge while doing her examination on the table, I understand completely why a dog would react badly afterwards. It is interesting to note that I did not complain about that judge...but two judges who were watching judging that day wrote separate letters to the AKC and described the incident beautifully. I only found out because the AKC contacted me and asked me about it. There is NEVER any excuse for being rough with a dog on the table or anywhere else, not by a judge, anyway...maybe if the dog attacks the judge, OK. If you don't know how to look at a toy dog's mouth, you shouldn't be judging toy breeds. There have also been several complaints lately about rough handling by judges in the Boxer ring... Peggy Regina Steiner wrote: >AGAIN?! Saw the pug in the BIS ring recently, the judge couldn't >even go over him....dog folded back into a down on the table every >time the judge tried to touch him. > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================