In a message dated 9/24/13 10:07:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: Let's face it Evan, a lot of people are clueless on correct temperament, regardless of breed. Remember when you judged the ARBA show and our "Sezja" took a swipe at you.? You never flinched. I was impressed. You KNEW the standard for that breed meant "extremely distrustful and fierce towards strangers" she was that. Can you imagine how some of these "afraid" judges would react to the Working Group at an ARBA show? Cane Corsos, Fila Braserios, Dogue de Bordeaux, Caucasion Ovcharkas, etc...all growling at each other, at the judges and the other handlers, in the ring, HAHAHAHAHAH Maybe the timid judges should spend a day there..they might find the regular AKC breeds to be far less intimidating after, That is true. I never trust a Dobie, and I am sure the Dobie people don't worry about it. But, if I were to judge them, I would learn what to expect. When I judged the Fila, I am not to touch them. And, yes, when I judged Ken and Kathy's Sezja, I knew the standard, and didn't bother to be afraid. I knew what to expect. I think a lot of judges do not understand the German shepherd. I love the new owners who tell me that have always been afraid of German shepherds. They go home with a ten pound puppy, and come back with a 90 pound bundle of love. It is amazing to see. Can you tell I am trying to avoid doing law stuff today? Some days are like that. All to your disgust since then I post. Evan L. Ginsburg gsyrfund.com Asgard German Shepherds _http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================