It would be a shame if this new policy by AKC causes some of our specialty judges that can judge other breeds to give up their license to judge. The only way we can insure good judging at lot of the all breed shows is to get good judges that understand the German Shepherd Dog. In my area, Northern California, we have been able to build a weekend of majors at several all breed shows when we have a GSD specialist judging. It would be very hard to convince an all breed club to get a specialty GSD judge if they can not do other breeds and at least one group. I sure hope this does not happen. Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning Ch. Rohan's Reward TC,CGC,HT,CD,RE,CHIC "Strider" 73 BOBs - #5 & #6 GSD 2009 On May 13, 2010, at 11:08 AM, LeBrowngsd wrote: > In my case I do over 30 breeds so my cost per year will be well over > $200.00. I am going to have to decide if it is worth it for me. > Since the > economy tanked and I don't do 2 full groups I am not sure it will be > worth it for > me to continue either. Will have to do some soul searching. Will > have to > do the same thing when it comes to paying up $66.00 to renew in the > GSDCA > , is it worth it? What do I get from them but a lot of controversy > and a > very small magazine ( not a swipe at Susan she can only print what > is given to > her in articles and ads). ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================