If he/she was superior to the rest of the class in every way I would award the class. That is not to say, there may not be difficulties up the ladder. Randy Chesnut On Thursday, January 8, 2015 2:56 PM, Bedkar <bedkar@xxxxx> wrote: Every Breed standard is specific to what the breed does and what defines type in that breed. Most Working, Herding and Sporting standards are very specific about correct dentition..... to the point that what can or can not be missing and what is correct bite and what is permissible is clearly defined. Dobes can have no more than 4 missing teeth but they can not have any extra teeth. In Leonbergers, full dentition is preferred but only a missing 3rd molar is allowed. Australian Shepherds "strongly prefer" full dentition and a scissors bite . If I were to get an overshot bite in any Working, Herding or Sporting breed in the Group I would be highly surprised....and no, I would not use it.....and,yes, I would probably talk to the judge who gave it BOB. ________________________________ From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Showgsd-l GSDList" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:23:49 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Another question on: Understanding the GSD Standard Other Breeds don't even care about missing teeth.... Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.marhaven.com From:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris S. Kimerer (Redacted sender "tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:48 AM To: Showgsd-l GSDList Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Another question on: Understanding the GSD Standard I would think it would depend on the breed, some of them just don't care about teeth or bite, I have not read all breeds' standards, but can think of the bully breeds that have awful bites, the shit zu's, and all the Toy breeds also, do bites matter in those? So if not a bite fault in the standard, they could show up I would imagine. Interesting point though. Chris Chris S. Kimerer Hillside-Tanbark Kennels www.tanbarkgsd.com "where good bloodlines never die" ________________________________ From:"dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: stormy435@xxxxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:41 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Another question on: Understanding the GSD Standard I can't imagine an overshot dog in the Group ring. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 1/8/2015 1:37:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stormy435@xxxxxxxxx writes: I have another question and Chris’ example just reminded me …. > >Judges out there: No dog is perfect, but if you were judging a group and one >dog was far closer to the standard that the others, almost perfect in your >eyes, BUT had an overshot jaw, what would you do? > >Stormy Hope > >On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Chris S. Kimerer (Redacted sender >"tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>D.D. >>When you say you looked up the definition, are you referring to Webster >>Dictionary or AKC's definition? >> >>My first reactive answer would be that undesirable would be less serious than >>a fault, so this is a very interesting point you are making. After just >>reading the entire AKC Standard as published on it's website, I actually only >>see one reference for undesirable: >> >>"An overshot jaw or a level bite is undesirable" >> > >Stormy V. Hope >https://www.facebook.com/GSDCA.LegislationAwareness >https://www.facebook.com/CaRPOC.CaliforniaResponsiblePetOwnersCoalition > > > >= -- -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -AKC Breeders of Merit -bedkar@xxxxx -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com