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by Baldursmom on 17 March 2009 - 02:03

The magazine just keeps getting better thanks to all of the volunteers that are writing articles about the show world their dogs ect. Kudos to the whole staff!

by VonIsengard on 17 March 2009 - 02:03

Going back to one scorebook and having all USA judges SV certified would be a blessing for breeders.

by Sam1427 on 17 March 2009 - 02:03

KCzaja, if you mean having one scorebook for both USCA and WDA and all judges SV certified, that would be a blessing not only to breeders but also to competitors and to those of us who will never stand on a podium but just enjoy the sport.

by GreenEarthK9 on 17 March 2009 - 03:03

Kudos to Kathy Moacanin too :-)

by VonIsengard on 17 March 2009 - 03:03

Also true, Sam.

by Christopher Smith on 17 March 2009 - 05:03

Christopher, It is not putting a US club under German(y). It is to affect the status of the USA judges.

Nia, if rules with the USCA/AWDF conflict with the SV's rules, what happens? What do the judges do?

by Mystere on 17 March 2009 - 17:03

Read the Rule Book-- we don't have rules that conflict.. We do have some exemptions and exceptions, based on the realities fo the sport in America: accommodation of physical limitations, per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a trial helper doing the helperwork for a dog from his/her household, and I believe the 3 dog rule.

Those are the ones off the top. I'd have to review the rule book to see if there are others. They are all listed at the front of the USA rule book, as I recall.

by Christopher Smith on 17 March 2009 - 17:03

Nia, if rules with the USCA/AWDF conflict with the SV's rules, what happens? What do the judges do?

And still not one person has said WHY it’s a good thing in the first place? All AWDF judges are accepted by the FCI, so what more can acceptance by the SV get USCA?

by Mystere on 17 March 2009 - 20:03

In THIS country, in a USA-sanctioned trial, we go by USA rules. We expect the SV judges to go by those rules, too. In fact, they do so, even when the "change" is the result of a mistranslation. I know, because I nearly lost points once in a trial, because the judge was adhering to what was on the USA sheet and it was a mistranslation. Fortunately, the translator that week was Melanie Rupp, who not only speaks German fluently, she knew the rules!! She discussed it with the judge and even showed him in the scorebook what should have been on the sheet and wasn't. I got the points.

What some people thought (and perhaps still think, and they may be right, who knows?) is that this seminar would lead to the USA judges who attended being SV licensed. This would mean that all those show folks who had to fly in SV judges, because they are going to send Fifi to Germany for a breed survey and to be bred, would no longer have to go to that expense. They could use USA judges the same as SV judges. That's the theory, anyway. As I said, no one seems to really know what the end-result is, so there are clubs (more show-oriented ones, AFAIK) holding off on scheduling trials, until they know whether they have to get a judge from Germany, or can go USA.

by GSD4dogs on 23 March 2009 - 04:03

As for the WDA and USA, it is true that they have been, and are, seeking an alliance of some sort. As it has been told to me, the WDA and the GSDCA have more or less split, but, nothing is official.
The WDA was quite upset when the GSDCA told them that they would be reduced to a committee if the AKC Working Dog Sport was approved full time. It is supposed to be voted on this spring.
The info is pretty well spelled out on the WDA web site if you go in to past meeting minutes.
I find it kind of funny that I explained this to people from the local WDA club that I used to belong to when the WDS came about three years ago. In my opinion, it is, and has always been, a ploy by the GSDCA to try to take back control of the GSD in this country.

OGBS,

Your statement above is really stretching don't you think??????? WDA and GSDCA have split?????? Provide some facts please.

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