The last couple of days there have been many opinions on the art of Judging. We all are entitled to our opinion. I have MANY opinions. Most of the time I try to keep them to myself. There are some judges I wouldn't show to again and some I look for. The ones I wouldn't show under are not necessarily bad judges, they just didn't particularly like my dog, So, therefore, I don't want to beat my head against a brick wall. I don't have to bash the judge, I just will go elsewhere. There are plenty of shows and judges to choose from. When we convey our opinion about a judge, I hope that we would think about the people that are on the list who might have been there and might have won. Did this ever happen to anybody on the list?....You are new to the breed and won at a local show and you tell a 'friend' and they make a comment like 'Oh, I heard there was nothing good there" Wow, that makes you feel accomplished!!! Some of us are just hardheads and keep on truckin. But some may not be able to take this and walk. We may lose someone who might have made a contribution to the breed, but we will never know. Just my opinion. Carol Weale ~ DanKa ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================