I'm not sure that Cindy ever bred Pekes...she has a couple, and she also has a couple of Greyhounds, which she didn't breed, either. Who did Best when Hatter won? I can't remember, but I doubt it was a judge who'd bred Shepherds or ever even owned one. it isn't necessary to breed a breed to know a good one or a bad one..... peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx> To: <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>; <RopajaGSD@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:57 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: BIS-Westminister > It is my understanding that this BIS judge was or is a Peke breeder and > thought the Peke was close to the Peke standard. Unless I misunderstood. > she > was not an approved GSD judge.How would she know that the GSD was not as > close to its standard as the Peke was to the Peke standard ? Don't get me > wrong, I loved the Peke, I'm just bringing up the question for the sake > of > argument. Not that we don't have enough to argue about on this list. LOL > Back > to lurking. Bud > > > In a message dated 2/16/2012 7:58:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx writes: > The peke > is a very good peke according to its standard. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================