While I believe that a judge must have the right to express his opinion of a dog (that is what he is there to do), I do not believe that a judge has a right to be rude to anyone in or out of the ring. Rude behaviour on the part of a judge or exhibitor, should be punished in some way. We may not agree with the judge's decisions, but this is supposed to be a sport, and in a sport there will always be more loosers than winners. The judge is supposed to command respect, rude behaviour diminishes the respect due the person who is supposed to be an expert in that breed and will give newcomers to the sport the impression that show people in general are rude. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================