the clubs offering obedience rally and temp testing are not suffering and in arizona one of the judges walked everyone who wanted to do it through rally entered or not ---- Helen Franklin <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Very sad times indeed! > > -----Original Message----- > From: LeBrowngsd <LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx> > To: helenfranklin520 <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx>; showgsd-l > <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sun, Jun 24, 2012 5:53 pm > Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] NEW JUDGING DILEMMA > > > The big question here how in the hell can a club afford to do a show with > such a small entry and not go bankrupt. Very sad times. > > Lee Brown > Too far from the womb and too close to the tomb to care about what anyone > thinks of me. > > > > > In a message dated 6/24/2012 4:44:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx writes: > > NEW JUDGING DILEMMA > > Some (?) Judges have been accused of judging to fast. > Some Judges gait the few dogs forever when it is notnecessary. > But TODAY, we have an all new and different problem. > You are invited to judge, have flown in at some expense to > the Club and you have a total entry of 8 dogs and 8 bitches. > How do you make this “a dog show?†How do you make it > exciting? How do you stretchout each class time and not > over-gait the very few dogs? AKC says2-1/2 minutes > per dog. Technically,the show “could†be over in an hour. > No one wants to drive, bath, prepare, pay, and “go to a dogshow†> that isn’t a dog show. Small entries create a whole new > problem. Holding twoshows on the same day is one good > solution, but Judges also need to plan and re-think a way to > make their “judging†fun and realistic to the times as theyare today. > Perhaps after the show, during pictures, the judge mightcritique each > dog as an educational tool plus an addition to the show. > Where did our stud dog and brood bitch class go? > > Clubs also need to handle this new dilemma and schedule > the day as well. Peoplecontinue to do things they enjoy. > Everyone loves raffles during lunch. Pot lucks are a great > crowd pleaser. Smallentries now need BIG IDEAS. > Helen Franklin > > > > > > > ===========================================================================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. 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