On 1 Apr 2008, at 16:59, Rebecca Little wrote: Must be the several puggles I have seen showing at obedience <REPLY> I have seen many AKC registered dogs that really do not look like they are pure breds, but they ahve those REIGSTRATIONS I have seen them in conFORMation when I stewart as well as my obedience ring when I judge. Funny story about a dog. I was stewarting in the ring one day and I was calling TIBETAN terriors into the ring. This woman walks in with a WHITE lasa and places him on the table. I preceeed to tell her that Lasas will be shown in the afternoon. Her reply was that it was AKC registered Tibetan Terrier. The judge come over, and a very itneresting morning ensued. Seems she bought her dog at a pet shop and someone must have mixed up the papers because she had a Lasa not a Tibetan terrier. So, you can see dogs that are NOT really good representations and dogs, given wrong papers, but the AKC is a PURE BRED registry. I am not saying that the rule forbidding juniors to show a breed that is NOT being shown that day at an all breed should not be changed. But maybe these SPECIALTY shows need to be encourage to include JUNIORS! I merely tried to explain the LOGIC or as I further stated, lack thereof (see subject line). I will go back into LURK mode ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================