What would have made more sense is to have an "invitational presentation class" not in competition for long coats. That would have accomplished what I think was intended, to show that long coats are attractive animals. But, I know our board works hard, thinks carefully about how to serve the members, dedicates themselves for our benefit, and might make a mistake now and then. I see no harm in what they did. It certainly got us talking about long coats. Evan L. Ginsburg gsyrfund.com Asgard German Shepherds _http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) Where Type Movement and Temperament come together In a message dated 10/17/12 8:31:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Long coats have never been denied an entry....nor have dogs with light eyes, poor feet, ring tails, missing teeth, etc. Like Ken, I too don't understand the logic of having a special class for any specific fault OR any specific merit to educate judges. We have a Standard ~ they should know it in order to judge by it. All of this reminds me of someone giving you directions to a final destination and wasting a lot of time and distraction on telling you where NOT to turn. Our destination or goal should be the ideal. We should not focus on, or consider any fault as being 'special' enough for it's own class. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================