[ SHOWGSD-L ] You see what you want to see

From: ELG440@xxxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:28:16 EDT
In a message dated 9/6/2010 9:39:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 
"You  know you're not going to win, don't you?"  NO, I  DIDN'T.


I guess I could say that to everyone at every show. Except for one  winner, 
The Best of Breed I could look like I knew what I was saying.
 
It is how you look at things. I have heard people that pulled their dogs  
because someone else was "supposed to win".  Sure enough, they didn't win  on 
the dogs they pulled.
 
I know there is some strange judging here and there, but more often it is  
lack of knowledge.  There is little incentive to be dishonest. No money is  
involved, nothing is gained by putting up one dog or another, and I think in 
40  some years, I have seen two or three actual set up shows.  Now, I have  
heard of them being set up, such as "it is set up for Scoop".  And, sure  
enough Scoop won.  But, that is an easy prediction.
 
You see what you expect to see. If you go to the shows expecting honesty  
and an effort by the judge to do the right thing, that is what you will  see. 
 If you go thinking it is dishonest, you can always find a way to  justify 
it.
 
You see what you want, and it is your choice. If you do continue to see  
such dishonesty, try raising rabbits. When you lose you can eat them.  I  
suppose there are crooked rabbit judges too, but it  seems a bit  strange.
 
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
 
Evan L.  Ginsburg
Asgard German Shepherds  
http://www.asgardgsd.com/
Where Type Movement and Temperament  come  together 


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