Personally, I thought it might have something to do with recovering from the way they brought down the house lights so most of the arena was dark, then used the spotlights to showcase the dogs - very dramatic, but probably not what any of the dogs were used to. Might have taken that dog more time to get used to. I was happy to see the Bull Terrier get BIS - he was showing his heart out. It will be interesting to see if it has any (hopefully positive) affect on the BSL goings on. JMO Jennifer On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:25 AM, DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx wrote: > Did anyone notice that the winner of the Toy group (Pug) did not > want to be > touched by the judge during BIS individual examinations? He shied > away, time > and time again until the judge moved on to other things. I am > curious, how > much emphasis is placed on this behavior at this level of > competition? Was > that an automatic - you are out and no longer considered or is > this a more > forgivable behavior in a Toy breed? I know what would have > happened if it was > in our GSD ring .... and the gasps would have been heard all the > way across > the Tapanzi bridge. <G> > > Dania ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================