I thought the Beauceron reacted quite well to the mouth exam, but it seemed to me that the judge must have been quite rough when examining his nether end. What a well built dog! I wonder perhaps if the judge didn't have a frisson of fear as he approached him and the dog picked up on that. My thinking here is that as the dog whipped his head around to look at the judge, Saltzmann backed up about 2 feet really quickly and then reapproached VERY cautiously (for a working judge) and tried to make nice to the dog after again. Like I said, a very well built dog - quite the competition for a German Shepherd. Mary-Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: <ALL4MORIAH@xxxxxxx> To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:47 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Beauceron I met that dog personally in Sacramento. He was a very nice dog. The announcer even said that the dog was on TV and kids were climbing all over him. I saw several dogs react in the same way in that group. We talked about it later and thought the judge must have been doing something or maybe a glare off a camera lens or flash or WHO KNOWS!!! But they all appeared to be startled and they all pulled themselves back together. I felt bad for the owner handler. She really does do a good job of working with her dogs. If something is going to happen like that, why is it always when the whole world is watching? Judi **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================