No...it means that you don't just hand out ribbons to everyone just to be politically correct..... And....NO....all champions are not equal....if they were why would we pick a Grand Victor and Grand Victrix...and Selects. We already place this game at National Specialties, Evan. -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -bedkar@xxxxx -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com From: ELG440@xxxxxxx Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:05:54 -0400 Subject: Show em if you got em To: bedkar@xxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx In a message dated 5/7/10 10:01:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bedkar@xxxxx writes: It will take an honest judge to make this work.... it will be interesting to see who has the "b**ls" to award superior specimens and not just every champion they judge, for fear of upsetting some one. Now, that is confusing. So, since you can only give four, (who came with that limit?), since you can't give it to more than four, you only get to pick two from each breed. Superior to what? Superior specimens to you own bred stuff, to the other dogs in the ring, to what didn't win, to what wasn't shown, to what won in 1987 at the National? I don't think it is a questions of balls, it is a question of opinions. And, everyone has one. So, if you don't give the award, somehow that means you have more fortitude, (doesn't that sound better than balls?), than the judge whose opinion causes him/her to give out four? So, if I understand the post, not giving out the award somehow makes you virtuous. Giving it out, means you caved for your friends. It is going to be fun to see how this plays out. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================