You have that right!!!!!!!!!!!! you can't blame Jimmy at all. Everyone would do the winning he dose if they had the power. And it is judges that just don't have the confidence in there knowledge of the breed or breeds so they just put up the dog they see in the Mags Carolyn <marhaven@xxxxxxx> wrote: BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Lee!!!!!!! Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx (snipped ) > Judges are human and some cannot help being awed by his presence. Yes, it > is wrong, but rather than blaming Jimmy, why not blame the judges? > Lee> > Liane Fossland ************************* > >> >> sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx writes: >> No one person should ever be given this much power in our breed again. > All >> breed judges seem to put up this handler out of fear of never having a > decent >> entry again. >> >> >> >> >> I just had to respond, and everyone knows how seldom I post. >> >> Jim Moses has done more for our breed in the past 30 years than any > other >> single person I can think of. >> >> For years the all-breed ring had a type of shepherd shown that was an > insult >> to our standard. Then Jim decided to show a top quality dog, and > continued >> to take some of the finest German shepherds to the all -breed > judges. > He > took >> time to educate anyone who would listen, dedicated himself to give the >> seminars at the national, (and perhaps did himself some good), and always > had a >> good word to offer.>> >> Jim is one of the friendliest people you can meet, and one of the fairest> >> handlers. If you have ever asked him for help, he will never refuse. If > you >> hire him to handle, you get 100% every time, and always total support.>> >> I know there are those who want to complain that he gets more attention > >> than >> he should, but he has earned that with his time, dedication, and hard > work. >> >> I have never hired Jim to handle for me. I have never been to his home, > nor >> has he been to mine. But, he has earned my respect for what he has done > for >> my breed, and how he has conducted himself. (Except for Ed). >> >> And for that, it was wrong. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================