"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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My labrador was entered at Crufts, an I sometimes think the judges look
at the wrong end of the lead!

Bill

Unfortunately, I have to agree that this does happen sometimes. *If* the
judge is not ethical and an exhibitor will soon be a judge at another
championship show where they will be entering their own dog. My friend
does not do that.
Neither do I. I used to judge and gave best of breed to a dog that was
winning a lot and had a big fault, purely because she was the best of a
bad bunch.
I was horrified to find that when I entered my own dog when this person
was judging some time later, I won my class and the report she sent to
the dog newspapers - the dog's critique - was *identical* to the one I'd
sent in for her dog, except of course she changed "her" to "him"
How blatant is that to say, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?
I was appalled.
I lost any respect for her immediately.
Fortunately, although it is commonly believed that the dog show scene is
fixed, most judges will put the best dog first, regardless of who is at
the other end of the lead. Those that do not give it a bad name.

Tina




Hi Tina,

We seem to have had similar experiences with regard to judges. I thought
Cruft's would be at least fair, but regrtettably some form of old pals act
won the day.

At least I got to Cruft's but even when my Lab qualified, one onlooker,
who wasn't very complimentary said about the judge - " She wasn't a
Labrador judge" anyway. He was of course hinting that he didn't think my
dog was good enough and that a pal's dog should have qualified.

No, he was not saying that at all, quite the reverse, Bill. He was saying
"she is not a Labrador judge and may not know a good one when she sees
one.."

It's great to qualify a dog to go to Crufts but sometimes it's "many are
picked but few are chosen" when you get there..

Tina