Lea, I agree about the downtime but not about "slow judging" as you say. As an owner, if I am paying big time money to have my dog shown, I darn well better get my money's worth.? I want the Judge to LOOK at each dog.? Take the dogs around a bunch of times and make ME feel like I got my money's worth.? He/she may not like my dog, but at least I got the same look as all the other dogs.? To give only 2 mins at an AB show does not even compare to what judges should be looking at?in a Specialty and more important, the Nationals.? Two very different beasts as far as I am concerned.? AB judges look for very generic dogs.? Specialty?and especially National judges look for the cream of the crop.? They should spend as much time as they need to select the best dogs.? JMHO? Laura Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Pdragon4@xxxxxxx To: sally@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 5:42 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] slow judging at the national hi there is down time with nothing in the ring sometimes and it would be nice if that didn't happen. but, the judges also sometimes take forever judging. AKC says judges should be able to do 30 dogs an hour for a regular show. i say how about 10 dogs an hour at the national? that still gives the exhibitors plenty of consideration time. lea ruggieri ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================