Werner - please read my post again - I am not talking about the National judges, I am talking about some of the shows CLOSE TO ME - which Utah ain't LOL!! I'm not going to this year's national for a different reason - I have a litter of puppies at home who will need my attention. Gail Bauman Liebchen German Shepherds Home of: SEL EX CH Liebchen's Boogie Wonderland, OFA EX Liebchen's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (major pointed) Liebchen's Clair De Lune (ch pointed, BOB) > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:24:23 -0700 > From: wernersommers@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Sad National > To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gailbauman1@xxxxxxx > > Gail, > > Please how in the world can you say judges are no good, last year Dave > Rinke, > this year Barbara Amidon. I'M sure Dave picked the best dog at that time last > year, > and Barbara will do the same this year no matter who owns the dog. > > Werner > http://imagegermanshepherds.com/ > BISS Am/Can CH. Scher-Lo's Mr Karizma HIC.OFA h&e > Am.CH. Hadori's Samantha OFA h&e > B.O.F CH. Pointed, Lorien's Play By Play OFA h&e > > > > > > --- On Sat, 9/25/10, Gail BAUMAN <gailbauman1@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Gail BAUMAN <gailbauman1@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Sad National > To: "ShowGSDs" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 6:22 PM > > > I remember back in the day....a friend of mine and I would take my first show > dog to any shows we could make, and it was at least once a month if not twice > - it was such a fun time - now things are so different! Picking and choosing > used to not even be something we'd consider - we just went because it was fun > and we loved going - now I won't be going to even some of the closer shows > because the judges aren't good, and I just can't afford that any more. > > Gail Bauman > Liebchen German Shepherds > Home of: > SEL EX CH Liebchen's Boogie Wonderland, OFA EX > Liebchen's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (major pointed) > Liebchen's Clair De Lune (ch pointed, BOB) > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================