Most of the critiques that are written, in my opinion, are far from meaningful for a reason. Nobody wants to really know what you thought of their dog - unless, of course, it's glowing. That's why the critiques all tend to sound alike. I think the best way I've heard it described is "You can tell people that their children are knock-kneed and ugly but don't criticize their dog." Pam *************************************** No, no a thousand times no. I want to know. For example, two of our bitches were just shown in VA under Morton Goldfarb and Helen Gleason. They youngest got rave reviews both days. The older of the two was rock solid the first day and decidedly NOT rock solid the second. I was very interested in what Helen would have to say about her and she said the dog needed more work. I appreciate the honesty and integrity of both these judges. After all, I thought enough of them to enter both my bitches. I paid my entries and I got honest opinions. I WANT TO KNOW--ALWAYS. Penny in NC The Farm Dog ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================