We should get straight that AKC allows critiques, just not in the ring and not really in public venues, such as in the various dog newspapers, the way critiques appear in the dog papers in the UK. As I said yesterday, many breeds encourage critiques which they publish in their various breed magazines. Judges can take the time to take notes either by hand or by speaking into pocket sized tape recorders, and then prepare their critiques for the breed magazines. What AKC objects to is the time involved, which is why it is strongly discouraged at regular all breed shows. Sometimes a judge, even at an all breed, will make a comment to the handler about a dog, but it would be nice to have full critiques in the Review the way they used to be. Which brings us back to the cost per page of putting out the Review...critiques take up space..called editorial space in the publishing world...which has to be compensated for by advertising. Peggy (who has loved Jack's critiques, too) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================