Continue to be horrified, Nancy. One of my dogs was awarded 1st in her class and the judge's (specialty) comment was something to the effect of "I didn't like any of them, but I gave to "common" rather than "running down hill". Then "I took a long time on this because I couldn't decide whether I liked roach back less than ... (geesh, can't remember...I think narrow front or something like that)" And one of my favorites "I'm giving you First because I want to give it to a GERMAN SHEPHERD today. (this was right after the dog in my class was given BOB over specials the day before) Stormy Hope In a message dated 4/9/07 7:07:47 PM, nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Laurie, > It is hard to believe that a judge would say that to an exhibitor when > judges should be THANKING exhibitors for the honor - a honor that should be > treated as such. > A horrified > Nancy Harper > "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com ************************************** See what's free 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 ============================================================================