Bravo Ladies, I also had the misfortune to attend last year National. Never in my 35 years in the breed have I witnessed such a display of arrogance. Never in the history of this breed I dare say has any = judge have the effrontery to excuse 80% of a Specials class in one = cut. Never, I say has it been done so quickly. It was an outrage to = the entire fancy. Even the winners were taken aback. And many told = me so personally. I have seen many of our greatest judges officiate. NONE has ever thought he or she were so knowledge, so insightful as = to treat a specials class in such a manner. It goes without saying = that many times we see dogs come in the ring looking like stars only = to fall by the wayside because of poor structure or conditioning. How = many of us have seen dogs come in not looking so hot to be the winner = at the end of the class. As a judge myself I know it is her ring. But it is OUR breed. Instead of attacking people Helen, you should apologize to the entire = fancy. SHAME ON YOU. Regards, Bob Van Winkle Vanderwerth Shepherds = ________________________________________________________________________= Interested in getting caught up on today's news? Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=3D198954&u=3Dhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/f= ront.htm?csp=3D24 ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================