I have been going back and forth on this and reading and often deleting the overwhelming number of posts. I can understand both arguments but I think Julie summed up my feelings the best as outlined below. If the dog is showing in a performance venue, the dog should be judged on performance and if they are registered with AKC as a GSD then they deserve to be Obedience/Herding/Agility Victor/Victrix. Thanks Julie for posting such a reasoned post. Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning Ch. Rohan's Reward TC,CGC,HT.RE,CDX,CHIC (h,e,h,t) DM Normal "Strider" 80 BOBs - #5 & #6 GSD 2009 On Feb 11, 2012, at 6:38 AM, ejdegen@xxxxxxx wrote: > We are judging on > PERFORMANCE, not conformation. Personally, I like to see > conformationally correct > dogs doing performance, too, and that is what *I* choose to compete > with, but > conformation is not being judged in performance events, just like > agility/obedience/herding ability is not being judged in the > conformation ring. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================