I was wondering if the GSDCA ever had a SV judge or a Foreign judge from some other country judge alongside the Specialty judge? That would kind of take politics out of it because the SV or Foreign judge probably wouldn't be following the advertising and such but would still know correct German Shepherd type. The dogs could be individually ranked by the judges and the scores combined to determine placings? Just a thought.... I only mention it as I remember when I was showing Arabians and the sport horse division was starting. All the owners paid big bucks to the handlers ( as always) to get the handler's face out there in the ring. But, the show chairs started bringing in outside sport horse judges who were not Arabian judges and didn't know one person from the next but knew proper structure and movement. I had a great year that year at the shows! 😉 Sarah Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Laura Havis" <lhavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It just irks me that people have the nerve to talk badly about the all-breed > shows, the all-breed judges, and the all-breed dogs when they're at the > shows competing with their dogs. What does that make their dogs? POS's > like all the other all-breed dogs. And when they win, is that not a > "worthy" win. They sure act excited when they get the points. > > Laura > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bedkar@xxxxx> > To: <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "scenecrest geo" <scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx>; <Foxhavengsd@xxxxxxx>; > <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:51 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Judges?/ Re: AKC facts compared to our National > > > WOW...kind of a sweeping generalization. Just because one judge made a > stupid statement, > an AB BIS means nothing? I wish I had 10 to 20 thousand to spend each > month, it sure wouldn't > be on advertising. We managed 8 BIS without that kind of spending...and we > managed it with > a tough Herding Group and some of the TOP Dogs in the country in for BIS. > We never flew anywhere > and we were not a syndicated group. Our handler was well know to the GSD > folk but not to the > AB judges....Gee, maybe it was just a damn good dog. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carolyn mckenna" <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "scenecrest geo" <scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx>, Foxhavengsd@xxxxxxx, > showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 9:41:52 AM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Judges?/ Re: AKC facts compared to our National > > The fact that a dog wins BIS at an ab show does not prove one thing, unless > it is > that the owner has the money to spend ten or twenty thousand per month on� > advertising. �How many times have we seen a dog go BIS without a big-name > handler on the lead ? �Recently, a friend (also a judge) standing next to me > remarked > �of the�group 1 dog, �"That is a fairly nice bitch ". �Our standard is quire > adamant > that a dog look like a dog and a bitch look like a bitch, and that "bitch" > had a penis. > Also, it would be a horrendously weak group for a fairly nice �dog to win > group 1. > OTOH, we have some members who are showing exceptionally good dogs in the > ab ring and are doing very well. Just one example of incompetence : my puppy > the week before had gone WD from the 6 - 9 class, when this judge placed him > 2nd� > in the class and with a sneer said, "That is a specialty dog ". �Hmmmm, two > different > breeds ? > Carolyn > � > > > ============================================================================ > 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. 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