[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Winner's Bitch vs. Winner's Dog

  • From: "Sally" <sally@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:17:41 -0500

Maybe the Judge really liked the animal and felt  it was the most deserving. 
Always best to hear both sides and not just one

sally
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edwin Hill" <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Winner's Bitch vs. Winner's Dog


> you know we all talk about honest judging and we get upset when it is our 
> perception that the judging is "suspect"...and in my opinion sometimes it 
> is.....last night I had a conversation with a friend who is also an AKC 
> GSD Judge...since this was a private conversation Its not proper to give 
> his or her name here....we talked about the subject of how it is 
> "expected" of the judge to award best of winners to the sex ( dog or 
> bitch) that failed to reach a "major" that day...we both agreed that this 
> is WRONG!......if the dog is not better than the bitch he should not go 
> BOW just to get her major...it is not honest judging!...if there were not 
> enough dogs that day to make a major...then that's too damn bad.......same 
> with BOB...don't award an animal a win over another who is better that day 
> just to give that dog or bitch a major....if we were doing this show thing 
> right and growing this sport all shows would be majors...it is none of the 
> judges business if the major held or not...
> her job
> is to find the best dog each time a new class walks into her ring period, 
> end of story.........it should be a struggle to become a champion!...you 
> don't get strong with out a struggle...you can't lose weigh with out a 
> struggle....anything worth doing well you will struggle to be good at 
> it......off to school...man I love those kids...FB
>


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