In a message dated 2/10/2009 10:36:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, murfamx4@xxxxxxx writes: At the beginning of the Herding Group the judge had to excuse the first dog.? The annoncers said that was because the handler had worked for the judge and there for couldn't show under him.? If that is the case it makes perfect sense for the dog to be excused.? On the other hand if the handler worked for the judge why didn't they get a different handler to go into Group????? ? If the annoncers were wrong and the dog was from the judges lines then everything makes sense. Does anyone know the true story?? Peter Green excused two dogs in the Terrier Group due to Conflict of interest. I am sure the owners knew this was going to happen but wanted a win of BOB at Westminister. I missed that Bob Slay excused a dog. What breed did he excuse? Lee Brown **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1218550342x1201216770/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=fe bemailfooterNO62) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================