A few year ago, I had a dog that had won two five point majors futurity weekends and decided to go to the all breeds to finish him, because we don't have any specialties in this area for about three months in the summer. I told the judge that finished him that he had the wins at specialty shows and his face lit up and he said ,"I went to the judge's seminar at your National last year and I thought he was what they were talking about. Ann www.edangsd.com Home of AOE Sel Ex Ch Gilley ROM AOE,Sel Ex Ch Maxwell, AOE Can GV Sel Ex Ch Kobe RN, BN, CD, TC,CGC, TDI CHIC and Sel Ch MmmMmm Good, #1 dam Muggles, Breeder-owner 0f 95 champions and 24 ROMs. Proud receipient of Lloyd Brackett Award ________________________________ From: "ELG440@xxxxxxx" <ELG440@xxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:08 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] PERSONAL EXPERIENCE In a message dated 9/24/13 6:44:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx writes: She said that she liked his bone, coat and temperament, but could not honestly critque him, as she DID NOT know the GSD STANDARD; she awarded the prizes by what she liked!! Don't know if I was more surprised by her honesty or stupidity. How can you have a judge that does not know the STANDARD (this was an allbreed show. It happens that some judges get the shepherds to judge, because they want to do the group. You have to judge the breeds in the group, before you can judge the group. Some judges who have other herding breeds will add the few remaining breeds for that purpose. I find that the newer judges try to learn our standard. But, some are honest enough to say they don't know it, and judge on what they like. It is a shame, but at our National you will see judges of other breeds learning our standard and our breed. I have had a number of judges ask to sit with me or who I recommend that they listen to. I am not sure listening to me is a good idea, but I can appreciate that at least they want to learn. Our breed is different, and not an easy standard to understand. 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/ ============================================================================ÿÿ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================