Just got off the phone with the judges department with AKC since you all had me second guessing myself. This violation is definitely not for the bench show committee to handle. It is an AKC matter, they do an investigation and make sure that there was a violation then take the approiate action. As I stated in another email as a Show Chairman I would take the complaint but forward to AKC and take no action as a club. This is leaving you wide open to be sued. Having been sued once as a Show Chair and my club sued, in court for 3 years I am most careful. This is the reason I called AKC because I wanted to know for myself. Take this case as an example, I think the handler in question handled something like 7 or 8 dogs. If a complaint is filed and the bench show committee bars him from showing his animals then the person complaining was wrong you might just get sued. Not a good thing. In the end the show giving club did the right thing by not getting involved so lets not point fingers at them. I am sure they did a great job of putting on some good shows and a futurity so lets not jump down their throat. They are doing good things to promote the breed and their club. Respectfully, Lee Brown ----- So, Candee is also in our club and was there, and she says she filed after he first dog was shown, so I am mistaken. I am not sure what happened. I ill tell you that our show chair had a death in the family and left early nin the show. -------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================