In a message dated 6/22/2007 12:03:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time, fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx writes: I wasn't there so I have no idea but I am curious, was there a bench called at the show? Or was the complaint made directly to the AKC? If the club was not given a chance to handle this then they will probably be faced paying a fine. At our last shows we had to rather large problems both concerning dog fights. Thank goodness the AKC rep was there. She walked the club through the paper work and told us that "It isn't the fact that the club had the problem, things happen at shows, it is more important how the club chooses to handle the problem that is important to the AKC. ***************************************************************** This is not a club matter that can be handled as a bench show committee. This is an AKC problem ( and in this case GSDCA problem since they have the same rule). This has to be investigated and proven and AKC/GSDCA needs to do the leg work and make sure the accused party is guilty as charged. As a Show Chairman I would not have a bench on this. I would probably take the complaint and forward on or just tell the person complaining who they should send their complaint to and in the case it would be the AKC/GSDCA. Lee Brown Lee Brown ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================