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singltrak

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05/24/2012 11:15 AM
Wait, wait....hold it! As Show Chair (and immediate past Prez) of my all-breed club, I have to tell you that in order to get judges who will truly look at dogs,who are good with puppies and not always judge the other end of the lead...you have to be in touch with other local all-breed clubs around as well, and we feel you have to hire far in advance. I am currently hiring my October, 2014 panel. What may happen between now and then is something else...another club that doesn't hire quite so far in advance may wind up calling the very same judge you hired two years ago and their show is two weeks before yours and 100 miles away. People go...well...that Mesilla Valley show chair just copies what the Cloudbutt club does. It really doesn't work like that at all. We (most of us anyway) try to look around to see who had who when and still get the short end of the stick. No one's fault, just kind of the way it is. We hope we are hiring judges who will draw us an entry (not just pro handlers and not just owner handlers...just a good mix of folks who will love being at the show and hopefully take home a champion or a major or two). Vicki, I would encourage you to speak to the Show Chair or any member of the Judges Selection Committee for suggestions (both positive and negative).(just please don't do it 30 minutes before the first day of a cluster ) If it is a close by club then join, volunteer for the Show committee and make the changes you hope to see. Also, I find that ring stewarding can give you a totally different picture of certain judges (and also totally affirm opinions ). Even if the judge you steward for and basically spend the day with doesn't judge your breed, they may judge your group or even Best In Show. This is your opportunity to speak about your breed (not in the negative) but in a sense to educate. I've done that for 20+ years and have judges who ask for me by name (Forsyths included) to work inside their ring. It gives you a good feeling about maybe ya did something right. Phyllis On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Vicki Eells wrote: > Donna, I agree, but it is hard when all of the local shows that someone > attends are usually hiring the same judges over and over again, which IMO > are not good judges. I have to just sit and wait, sometimes a long time for > a show who has decent judges. That is frustrating as well. > > Vicki > Unsubscribing: To unsubscribe from the list, send an email message in PLAIN TEXT to gsp-l-request@web.whc.net with message text of "unsubscribe gsp-l you@email.add" (replace the email address with yours, don't include the quotes and note it is a lower case L after the dash in gsp-l).

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