I am not sure where she is getting her figures. I am show Chairman for my AB club (apx 15 years now) and treasurer for 25 years I have never written a check to a judge for 2000.00 for 2 days of judging. She must be living in lala land. In fact never written a check to any of judge for anything close to $200O.00 for two days. Lee In a message dated 5/13/2010 8:57:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bedkar@xxxxx writes: Whoa, wait a minute. There maybe judges that can command that kind of money but NOT the majority, by any means. I judge the Herding Group, 7 Working Breeds and 3 Sporting Breeds.....on average, I judge around 10 weekends out of the year. What money I do get paid does not quite cover my expenses....and it has nothing to do with the hundreds of dollars I spend at Nationals, Seminars, visiting kennel, etc. to learn about the breeds and meet the criteria AKC demands (none of which AKC pays one red cent for). BTW, Provisional judges average $3 to $4 per dog, depending on the club...and that's it.....and it does not cover the cost of judging at that show. And, oh yes, if you judge Junior Showmanship, that gets thrown into the mix sometimes.....I have had entries of 20 to 94 at various...and some clubs don't charge for Juniors so you don't get paid for judging them... NOPE...sorry to burst your balloon. There are only a few judges that can demand Top dollar and get it. The rest of us do it because we love the dogs and the Sport.....trust me, I belong to three judges groups and assignments and fees get discussed all the time. -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -bedkar@xxxxx -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com S > From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:40:47 -0400 > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: was (no subject) - AKC judging fees > To: tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx; LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx > CC: Windwalkergsds@xxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx > > That's all valid Suzanne, and maybe Lee's and Cathy M.'s experience is the > same, but it's not unusual for all breed judges and performance judges to > see checks close to $2K for a 2 day cluster. I'm absolutely all for > everyone making money but by the same token I'm not going to fret if they are > paying a fee to renew their license. ============================================================================ 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. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================