I think that's where the confusion was w/ the board. What needs to be realized is that the best dog did win whatever the top award was in a particular venue, for instance in OB if a dog w/ a DQ won high combined, (an AKC award), there was no OV/OVX (a GSDCA award) awarded that year. Here's part 2 of the mission statement of the club yet again: 2) To define precisely and publish definition of the true type, and to urge the adoption of such types on breeders, judges, dog show committees, etc., as the only recognized and unvarying standard by which the German Shepherd Dog is to be judged, and which may in the future be uniformly accepted as the sole standard of excellence in breeding and awarding prizes of merit; Awarding "prizes of merit" to any dog w/ a DQ just doesn't make sense. And BTW, I have had more dogs win performance awards than those that won awards in the breed ring, so I am "fluent" in how performance people think. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 8/17/2013 10:08:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: This could be a common belief on a List dedicated to conformation showing. If the dog does the work, as trained by the handler, the it should win the award. it is the performance of the dog that wins the award, not the conformation quality. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================