I was talking to a very good friend of mine today who happens to be a judge. She will be judging a show this year that I would normally like to have shown at. She does not live in my area and is not familiar with my dogs never having seen them except one a long time ago who I don't show. Last year I did not show under two judges because both are friends of mine. My question is this..........do you show under a judge who is a friend but has no connection to your dogs and if she puts your animal up suffer the consequences of the naysayers who will call it a fix? Or do you not enter any dogs under this judge? It's discouraging because some of my friends who are judges like the same kind of dog that I do. Am I being too honest by not showing under them? How do you judges feel when your friends show under you? Do you prefer that they don't show under you? I mean if you look at it another way, most people know many judges and they show under them all the time. Best, Barbara ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================