Whoa! Talk about the phone ringing off the hook....I am not one of the judges involved in the shows that Laurie Pruett is talking about and I was not up there for the weekend. As intense as I can get as an exhibitor, I have NEVER EVER been accused of poor sportsmanship. Joan & I have never had a problem with each other and we do not even now. I can only believe that Joan was referencing an incident, in which I was a Judge and how I handled a situation of verbal abuse and physical threats by a disgruntled exhibitor. TRAFALGAR GSDS LTD Michael Cheeks TRAFALGARgsds@xxxxxxxxx 610-827-1833 _________________________________ Msg: #3 in digest From: ArDeJay@xxxxxxx Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:48:53 EDT Subject: Thank you Joan ! Someone finally had the courage to name someone !!!! If everyone knew who is doing all the dirty stuff,maybe,just maybe a few things would clean up !!!! We could all point fingers !!! Donna Jacot,ArDeJay Well when they apply you should inform AKC. Trying to figure out who it is and Michael Cheeks comes to mind. Who were the idiot judges? Joan Msg: #1 in digest Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:39:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Joan Fox <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: What Ever Happened to good Sportmanship (PRIVATE) Well when they apply you should inform AKC. Trying to figure out who it is and Michael Cheeks comes to mind. Who were the idiot judges? Joan --- On Mon, 10/6/08, WITMS@xxxxxxx <WITMS@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: WITMS@xxxxxxx <WITMS@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] What Ever Happened to good Sportmanship To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 10:11 AM I went to one of these shows only. I brought a young dog out to evaluate in the ring, and a Jr Handler (15) I have been working with since spring. Leaving the show grounds a person standing off to the side gave me the finger, along with my passengers... I asked did anyone see what I just saw, and the Jr spoke up, and said " I SURE DID" .....This person has judged a couple of futurities in the past several years. They are also going to be applying for their judges license at any time.. You want to talk::: "POOR SPORTMANSHIP", and on the show grounds.... Susie _www.witmergsd.com_ (http://www.witmergsd.com) ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================