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by susie on 13 March 2016 - 18:03

Sorry, Hund, but I think it´s a shame that England still doesn´t ask for working titles
( and I think it´s a shame that German SV is willing to send SV judges to the island to judge adult dogs without titles ).

by Mackenzie on 13 March 2016 - 18:03

Agree with Susie.

Mackenzie

by BRADY BEE on 13 March 2016 - 19:03

Did anyone just watch the Crufts programme. !!!!! Oh dear !

by BRADY BEE on 13 March 2016 - 19:03

Catch it again on C4 + 1 @ 8pm . The bitch was torn to shreds by Claire Balding etc, and rightly so.

by yogidog on 13 March 2016 - 19:03

Very bad bitch how she got to repacent there really needs to be investigation. judges should be very ashamed another blow to the gsd 😠

by BRADY BEE on 13 March 2016 - 19:03

I agree about the judge, and not just Davey Hall, but all the judges before him who gave her top honours ! Her movement was embarrasing. Surely she wasn't the best on show. If she was, then we should be very scared !

by Hundmutter on 13 March 2016 - 20:03

Susie, I agree, oh how I agree with you !
But reality is the SV has allowed 2 member clubs
to exist here as its affiliates for YEARS without
prodding them very much; of the two, BAGSD was
initially the one with more promotion of the 'work'
side, but concentrated on UK competitions (formal
Ob., Trials, etc) to the detriment of interest in
Schutzhund, where the League used not to be all
that interested, period. That situation has reversed,
with BAGSD now being seen as the 'stick in the mud',
whereas the League has backed the newer Regional
club structure which has more interest - up to a point -
in IPO. [Simplified, but true !]
And you have to separate the KC type Showring from
the (majority of ) the Breed Clubs shows. The differences
are not only in bigger rings for the specialists ! The latter
have supported the German GSD; have invited most of
the SV members who have judged here; have some SV
judges themselves. But neither 'germanic' fanciers nor
Alsatianists who breed and exhibit have taken sport/work
qualifications seriously, in the main. That is improving,
but it ought to have happened a very long time ago. Show
people here, in the majority, do not work or qualify their
stock. They will not put in the time or effort required. IPO
etc Clubs are still very much populated by those owners
who identify with the working side of the breed. There are
many more exceptions to this than there used to be ... but
that ain't saying a great deal. They pay lip service to the
working nature of the breed, but do so little to demonstrate
it in their own dogs.