Oh...this has gone on for years in the Missouri area and judges fall for it and award points to the less quality dogs. A while back there was a judge who did not give out the blue ribbons because of lack of quality all around. That judge was tarred and feathered by the masses and I don't think I heard one person on the list say.."hey the quality was just down right poor". You can count on certain areas to not have the depth of quality that one would see almost everywhere else. This is due to handlers and their "mafia status" in that area. And judges fall for it and award points and ribbons anyway. It is up to the judges to control that not the ones entering the shows. So if there are cheap Champions, blame the judges! Terra Fairburn & Nanc Kinley Keggi Fair German Shepherds www.keggifair.com (UPDATED) members of the GSDC of Quad Cities & GSDCA www.gsdcqc.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gailbauman1@xxxxxxx> Cc: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 9:45 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Building Majors > Entering poor quality dogs so that a good dog might get a major is another > way of making a CHEAP CHAMPION -- what good is a title if it is obtained > by > beating pets? > And besides...aren't you putting a lot of faith in the judge, to know > which one of the dogs is the right one? > What a silly idea...... > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gail BAUMAN" <gailbauman1@xxxxxxx> > >> Geez....entering "non-quality dogs to hold majors?? In my area people >> enter "non-quality" dogs just to HOLD THE SINGLE POINT! Gail > > ============================================================================ > 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/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================