[ SHOWGSD-L ] Critiques-Jack's et al

From: ropajagsd@xxxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:58:37 -0500 (EST)
I too have enjoyed the format of Jack's critique of the dogs he judged...Let me 
first say this, I do not necessarily form an opinion on a dog based on a visual 
or a word picture of a dog, there are too many variables involved.  But if I do 
not know the dog, a photo or a critique does create at least a "first 
impression" with me...So what would be even more interesting , would be at a 
2-4 show weekend; having each of the judges give their critiques of the same 
dogs (assuming that the same dogs were entered each day) being just as detailed 
as Jack has been in his critiques. That would present a more complete picture.  
I have seen critiques in the past where one judge states this dog has a great 
masculine head; and then in the afternoon or the next day, the other judge 
states this dog "did not have enough head for me". So okay, based on the 
premise that both are supposed to be educated specialty judges of long standing 
in the breed and that they are judging against the standard...for someone who 
is learning the breed, those differing critiques would present an issue.   This 
leaves the reader with the option of deciding based on their own knowledge 
which judge has the most knowledgeable eye unless of course there were 
extenuating circumstances which would have made a difference in the dog from 
one day to the next.

By the way, those comments mentioned above were from actual critiques by 
"respected" specialty judges on the same dog within a 24 hr time period; those 
are words taken from the short critiques that are sometimes in the Review from 
Nationals breed//fut/mat/spec judges or in some years remarks made by judges at 
the banquet dinner at the nationals.

So, critiques may be informative but different judges do have different 
interpretations of what is in front of their eyes; that is ONE of the reasons 
why we have different winners from the same group of entries on a multi-show 
weekend.  There are other reasons for this of course, but that is a different 
topic.  So the bottom line is: a critique is still one person's opinion of a 
dog on one particular day and its relevance should be based on that. That last 
comment is a general one and NOT a reflection on Jack Kilgore's judging nor his 
critiques.

Pauline Moon
www.ropajagsd.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 









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