Is this a specialty show thing? A west coast thing? Gosh, I can honestly say I'm not seeing it. I saw one bad actor this year (young bitch/Futurity). Period. I do spend more "show" time at all breeds...maybe that's why I'm not seeing it. Say what you will about the all breeds, what is described below simply wouldn't fly. Guess I'll have to play close attention at the National. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 9/4/2013 6:41:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: This year alone in three separate instances we watched stunned, as judges (plural) put up puppies to Best Puppy, that cringed, fought, trembled and tucked tails on simple approach, nevermind actually touching them! It wasn't a case of puppy antics, or anything...these were RAGING spooks that you could see from the International Space Station. One was so bad it blew anal glands that the whole gallery could smell from 20 feet away....Gawd. These each were judges with a combined probably 120 years in the breed...so just because they have been judging a long time..doesn' t mean they are getting it right..or maybe they used to but not anymore. Really, it was appalling. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================