In a message dated 6/24/2007 5:46:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Also, according to my local Field Rep, the wins should be disallowed and will be. She also said that there could have been a Bench Show Committee, especially since the 4 month rule is also a club rule, but the club couldn't take away the wins...that will be done by the AKC. *********************************** Did she tell you what would be the purpose of holding a bench show committee? Can't take any action on this, you have no proof just a complaint. You do not have time to do the investigation and come up with any results from the bench Show committee. As I stated in my other post if this happened at our club I would take the complaint and send it on to AKC to deal with. There is no way we could come to any conclusion as to guilty or not of the charges. We live in a sue happy society at these times and I would not want to put my club in a position to be sued. If you stopped the handler from showing all his dogs that day and the he/she is innocent. How would you correct this? There is no way and your club could be held responsible for that handlers loss of income. They could easily sue. Been there done that, learned allot. Even tho we did win our lawsuit it cost the clubs lots of bucks. Lee Brown ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================