Good grief, half the the specialty dogs entered are owned by folks who are friends of the judges, and additionally, most judges know the dogs/handlers/owners on sight. We would not be having any entry at all if folks were concerned. LOL Syd In a message dated 12/30/2007 4:34:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, uwish@xxxxxxxxxx writes: 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? **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================