1.for those of you who have never stayed around for the group, spent time with other breed people, akc reps, show superintendents you have no idea how much fun you have been missing. 2. The more you know the more you can enjoy what you watch and how carefully planned everything really is. 3. Lots of shepherd people in California have won or placed in a group at an all breed show. Many all breed judges know a great deal about dogs. After a while you will learn who they are. With Breed entries dropping and if you are really competitive its fun to add to your total of defeated dogs many champions of other breeds. If you think thats easy try it and see. 4. true there are many all breed judges who do not know much about our breed but there are just as many ignoramuses judging at our specialties. the difference is that the all breed judge admits it is not his area of specialization while the specialty judge usually thinks he knows everything. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================