I do not think any of the remarks concerning the judges' apparel were hateful...the comments were no different than what you would read concerning the dresses on ladies who walk the "red" carpet on any of those televised events. Every day I make comments (at least internally) about whether or not some women have mirrors or at least a bff to check with before they go out in public...As to the remarks about the Peke; naturally all of us on this list wanted the GSD to win...but it wasn't the fact that the GSD did not win so much as it was that the Peke was not the second or even third choice of the majority of dog show aficionados...the Irish Setter, the Dobe, or even the little Doxy would have been a better choice as BIS...Lets face it, the Peke is not a dog, it is a mop and has the bubbly personality of one. Go ahead you can flame me on that last comment, but rest assured even though you cannot see me, I had a big grin on my face when I typed that last sentence and I enjoyed typing every letter of the sentence...that was not said in a mean spirit but in a joking manner..lighten up people!!...don't take yourselves so seriously....And a Peke fan would never be on a GSD list and if they were, surely they would not be demented enough to think that their breed would inspire praise from a list dedicated to GSDs...and as the infamous Evan would say, "...not that there is anything wrong with that..."....VERY BIG GRIN!...yes, I am shouting my smile to all of you have a wonderful day! Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/) ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================