Today I saw the perfect example of why akc should ask some judges to retire- I went out to the local all breed show to day to check out the booths and watch German Shepherds. This older judge should not be judging. She had no regard to temperament, spent most of her time watching people outside the ring. Only checked the bite and not the full mouth because her back was bad and she knew they had all their teeth.(as told to a handler) I felt bad for the people who paid for their entry and extremely high gas prices and did not even get the courtesy of having their dog looked as the judge was looking outside of the ring during their individual. She was very short tempered while a handler was trying to set up a uncooperative -dog for the picture- Maybe because she beat everyone outside for a smoke? A handler from another breed said she did the same thing in their breed also If akc lets these things happen they will have less and less entries at their shows Sally www.embroiderybysally.org new designs ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================