Oh good grief.. what in Dog's name is wrong with buying a dog (or coownership on) you like just because you are a judge?! People are getting ridiculous. How many have gone to a dog show and bred to or bought a dog (or offspring of) because they liked what they saw at the show? Why would you expect it to be any different because someone is a judge??? I don't get this. I would HOPE our judges would be doing so. If you want a judge with NO ties to anybody in GSDs show at all breed shows under all breed judges that have never even owned, let alone bred, a GSD. Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA www.rihadin.com <http://www.rihadin.com> 'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. F.von Hayek Member GSDCA Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club GA Director RDOES. -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Morn1star@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:06 AM To: bnbgsds2000@xxxxxxxxx; spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Is it fair Yes I did put up Tacoma and 5 mos later bought co-ownership in a good dog, that I absoultely loved. Not the first judge to buy a dog that was shown to them. After all that's what we are suppose tobe doing trying to breed better dogs. Never saw the dog before the show or the handler. I never did anything wrong in this situation and got critized for something many other judges have done. Not there is anything wrong with that as Evan says. We have bought many dogs over the years and finished 55 of them. I believe that should show I have a good eye. I also put up many selects over the yeas that have made quite a name for themselves. Betty ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================