Evan writes: >It is clear that since there are more bad dogs than good, the place they can >finish is at the All Breed Shows. A good judge will do a good judge >anywhere. But, you see very few bad judges at the Specialty shows. So, any dog can win at an All Breed Show, but mostly the best ones only win at Specialt ********************************************************* I am going to disagree with Evan. I'm sure he wont mind. I have seen good dog and bad dogs win at both specialties and all breeds. In this are we are seeing a lot of good dogs at the all breeds because that's were the points are. In either arena, specialty or all breed I have seen good dogs loose to bad dogs, and I've seen good dogs win in spite of their handlers and the judges. The fact is that there are far more all breeds than specialties, and if we would get off our arses, we could enter those excellent specialty dogs at the all breeds and make a difference. Of course there will be a little less tolerance for the exuberance, the doubling and the dirtiness coming and going.......I have shown my dogs and won at both all breeds and specialties and am very proud of my dogs wins in both rings. Lets not be so "special". Or we are going to "special" ourselves out of competition. I enjoy all breeds for all the things they have to offer. Shopping is good, learning is good. You can even make new friends......not that there is anything wrong with the old ones <G>. Ileana ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================