In a message dated 4/26/2005 7:19:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I believe we are all talking about the same thing, any dog/bitch who could have been a GV or GVX on any other day in the eyes of that elected judge.....................anything else does not deserve a select title. Show me a GV or GVX who couldn't have the same critique as any of those selects. Afterall any dog/bitch will have some type of fault there is no absolute perfection............ You are correct, there's no prefect dog, but when you get to reading the critiques I quoted, you don't for a moment really believe the judge considered them for GV or GVX...at least I don't believe it. I can see having a tough time deciding between a couple...and I can understand the debate over who should be 5th instead of 6th and not the other way around, but no matter what kind of day a dog had, I can't see someone having a tough time between their GV/GVX and the ones that just made the cut...as always, JMHO Kathy three generations of Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================