I am from the school that would love to see a team of 5 judges select the GV and Selects. I would love to see a special show given by our PC to be entered only by Champions and the 5 judges selected by the membership, give points for each dog...like the Olympics. The judges would vote independently of each other and the dogs with the top number of points...would garner the top titles....I've been thinking this for 40 years....oh well. Helen Franklin Helen might be right there. If I remember correctly, the Sieger show always has more than one Judge judging a sequence of a show. This appeals to me. Just like it was said: It is the judge of the day who will determine the Best of Breed - and that's it. You will have to live with his/her decision on that day, period. That is quite an undertaking and so much to be considered, not to take anything away from said judge. It does not necessarily have to be 5 judges, but definitely more than one should judge your/our dogs. This way, with points being tallied (medical as well as performance being considered) should give a clear picture of the dog in general and nobody could go home saying that the winner did not deserve it's win. It would be worth thinking about. Lee F. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================