Reading this over again I see that Becky said her class wins were rescinded. As I said, I have never heard of this happening. I can only imagine that the judge made some notation in his or her book to the effect that the dog was absent for the winners class...most judges do not count heads for Winners....... I am sure there are exceptions to almost every rule. Please someone tell me if we are going to have myriad posts now telling about every instance these exceptions occurred, so I will know to hit the delete button. The rules are there, and a lot of them are ignored. The rule for Best of Winners is never ignored..not without consequences to the judge, at any rate. Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================