There are judges who use the breed as a stepping stone to get the entire group. Then there are judges who really put their all into learning our breed. There are some excellent all-arounders and some who quite frankly act afraid to even judge our breed. Hey you have good and bad in everything, it's all relative..........it makes no difference to me as an exhibitor that someone showed at all breeds or judges at all breeds, it does matter that they have a good eye and apply it to our standard and are honest. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================