You can educate all you want...there are too many judges who are uneducable.......they go to every seminar, every event, every institute...(some of which are given or taught by people who don't know much either)...and still don't know how to judge if they don't see a familiar face on the north end of the lead. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scharo777@xxxxxxx> >I know. The border collie fought even writing a standard for years. Now > they look like black & white shelties. But don't blame it on AKC. The > breeders caved to creating a "pretty" dog instead of insisting on > educating > judges they should be putting up functional dogs. > > Carol & Bob Moore, Scharo GSD > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================