In a message dated 4/6/2010 2:47:27 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > On e way or another the judge CAN control speed in his/her ring!! OK, Suzanne....but what about this deal.....say there are two dogs in the class....and one is clearly better than the other....BUT the handler of the superior specimen will not slow the dog down and the handler on the inferior dog is nicely keeping his/her dog at a slow trot.... As a judge, would you penalize the superior dog because his handler would not obey? Would you reward the inferior dog because his/her handler had better manners? Sometimes things are not as easy as they appear....<G> Jamie ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================