Sounds like my type of judging! Who was the judge? I love to see the dogs walking around the ring at least once. At a full gate, it's too easy for a handler to hide faults. I can remember quite a few judges in the past yelling, WALK!!! I MEAN WALK and if they couldn't (or wouldn't) to the end of the line they went. Show me a dog that can go 3 speeds. Rick Haase ------------------------------ Msg: #4 in digest Subject: Re: GSD judges Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:56:24 -0500 From: lacy340@xxxxxxx Good description Carolyn.? Not like the all breed judges this weekend which had the dogs?WALK AND I MEAN WALK?around the ring twice and then let them go into a trot.? You try to hold an 82 lb male back when he knows he is supposed to pull out.? It was ugly.? Where do these judges get this ring procedure. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================