Is everyone sufficiently confused now? LOL Best of Breed beats all dogs in the breed Best of Opposite beats all dogs in that sex Best of Winners beats all class dogs Only If the breed winner is a class dog, will it automatically be Best of Winners. In this case, the Best Opposite was a class bitch (she may have defeated a Special bitch, but that is irrelevant) but that win does not include defeating any male dogs. The class male awarded Best of Winners defeats all class dogs including the class bitch who won BOS. Jill Canada ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================