[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: All-breed judges-Love Em or Leave Em
- From: Channing Sheets <cashe90@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx>, <elg440@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 01:23:12 +0000
Yeah, thats how it happens. That is a shame. I have seen many beautiful
specials ignored in the all breed group ring because the judge didn't recognize
them.
Channing
> From: Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:02:12 -0400
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: All-breed judges-Love Em or Leave Em
> To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> amen, evan! i have stood next to a group judge who put up a "face" and
> then asked that "face", after he had put him up, if his dog was "any good."
> wonderful. great for the breed.
>
> we used to have a weekend in northern CA that was wonderful - a specialty
> on Saturday and an AB on sunday. the AB club was smart - every year, they
> asked the specialty club to recommend a judge, who they hired. they had a
> huge ring, on the grass, usually away from most of the other rings (because
> of its size). almost without exception, whoever entered on saturday,
> entered on Sunday and it meant 2 strong majors every time. well, one year we
> took 2 bitches. one was a very young class bitch and the other was a
> special. on saturday, the class bitch was RWB and the special was BOB. on
> sunday, the class bitch was WB and the special was BOB. now, this special was
> the pacific coast victrix, futurity AND maturity winner, 3 times U.S.
> select, the #1 specialty GSD in the U.S. she was undefeated in her entire
> career
> as a special. can we all agree that she wasn't a slouch? well, we waited
> all day for group. gail sprock waited all day for group. the breed judge
> waited all day for group. so many friends and fellow GSD enthusiasts
> stayed and waited all day for the group. the group judge TURNED HIS BACK ON
> THE BITCH AND DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT HER AS SHE GAITED AROUND THE RING. when
> group judging was over, gail approached this "judge" (and, yes, i use the
> term VERY loosely) and asked him why he hadn't even given the GSD the respect
> of watching as she gaited. his answer was "I DO NOT LIKE GERMAN
> SHEPHERDS." i never forgot it and neither did many of those there that day. i
> never entered another AB. that was 19 years ago. enough said.
> diane
>
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> In a message dated 4/6/2010 4:02:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> ELG440@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> Every few years I try to go back in the all-breed ring. Then I bitch slap
>
> myself upside the head, and stay away for another couple of years. I
> spend
> most of the time shaking my head when I leave an all-breed show.
>
> And, the word on this judge was that she knew a good German shepherd. Of
> course, I also was told she had lost the sight in one eye, and had a stye
> on
> the other eye. She was, however, very pleasant.
>
>
>
>
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