I remember back in the day....a friend of mine and I would take my first show dog to any shows we could make, and it was at least once a month if not twice - it was such a fun time - now things are so different! Picking and choosing used to not even be something we'd consider - we just went because it was fun and we loved going - now I won't be going to even some of the closer shows because the judges aren't good, and I just can't afford that any more. Gail Bauman Liebchen German Shepherds ****************************************************************************************************** Picking and choosing judges is something you have to do to put your hard earned show money to its best use. If you know a particular judge prefers the type produced by the infamous H kennel and you don't have a dog from that kennel or one of that type why would you waste your money showing to that judge. Why waste money showing a dog to a judge that insists on clean coming an going and your dog is not clean going away. If I've not shown under a judge before I try to do some research on what type of dog he/she likes. Jack Reed was a master at knowing what dog to take to what judge. That is how I was able to special a dog to a national ranking and get an invitation to Eukanauba with no backers and on a salary that would keep most people from showing dogs at all. Diane BISS Ch. Echo-Cham's River Phoenix OFA H&E AKA "River" Ch. Da-Jo's Crestview Ironman OFA H&E AKA "Tony Stark" Candia's Hard Rock Candy v Tejas AKA "Rocky" Echo-Cham's Satin Doll v Tejas AKA "Dolly" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================