I was at that committee meeting, and my thoughts were, if a judge got sick and the alternate judge was not someone you wanted to show that dog to.....you were out of luck..Unlike a dog show .....the futurity/maturity closes 5 or 6 weeks before the first F/M and 13 or 14 weeks before the last F/M a lot can happen during that time to both dogs and people....and unlike a dog show once the entries close, you cannot get a refund........at a dog show when there is a judge change after a show closes...you can get a refund and we are only talking about a 2 or 3 week period between the closing of a show and the show itself.....I am very much in favor of being allowed to enter TWO F/M and show at only one. I am also in favor of removing all placings if this is not followed and the dogg is shown in both(or more) futurities. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Mazzeo" <Sue.Mazzeo@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "showgsd-l digest users" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:28 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities I know that being able to enter more than one futurity would have helped some people in this year's futurities. When there is a judge change after the close of entries, it can cause some dogs to not be able to be shown in the futurity in which they are entered because of a relationship to the new judge. As far as entering in more than one futurity being only for the rich, I doubt that was Carolyn Martello's reasoning for bringing this up. I know that Carolyn, like many of us, budgets her showing money very carefully. Sue Mazzeo From: "Nancy Harper" <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Futurities Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:48:36 -0400 Hello All, The idea of entering two futurities but only being able to show in one came up among the Futurity Committee about 2 and 1/2 years ago. If memory serves me correctly (and I'm not sure it does LOL) I believe Carolyn Martello was one of the committee people along with myself that wanted to see if this would work. Other committee members thought it might be a good idea and would be useful for puppies that were limping with pano or bitches that were blowing coat etc. The idea was that when the dog was shown at such and such Futurity that dog/bitch would then be marked absent in the catalogue at whichever other Futurity it had been entered in. The exact details would have to be worked out. At the recent Board Meeting someone commented that in the Weim breed the same dog can be entered in ALL of their Futurities so that's how it all came about. 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