says WHAT’S THE MAIN THING JUDGES OVERLOOK WHILE JUDGING YOUR BREED? with shoulders long, laid back 45 degrees, flat against the body, forming a right angle with the upper arm and coupled with a balanced rear. —Anonymous
The number one thing judges over look in Yorkies is move- ment. They tend to think Yorkies should just look pretty. —Anonymous Finnish Spitz—judges miss that we’re even in the Group ring, too often we’re just a big hole between two other dogs. And if they do notice, then they think the dogs should or have to bark. No, they don’t. Unless there’s a bird or a squir- rel, they don’t need to bark any more than any other breed. —Anonymous
Lhasa Apso—correct profile and balance. —Anonymous
Briards—most of the time judges look for a generic show- dog—good behavior, fancy grooming and flash; instead look- ing for the things that make a Briard a Briard. The hallmarks of the breed are: head, coat, proportions, tail, quicksilver movement and the double dewclaws. Judges need to think less about what looks good in the group ring and learn and reward the breed characteristics spelled out in the breed standard. —Kathryn lanam Judges seem to forget an OES is a hands-on breed. They need to get through the coat and feel what under all that coat. If I come out of a ring and my dog looks just as pretty coat wise as I went in odds are the judge didn’t actually feel the dog just the coat. —Anonymous German Shorthair—they have to be able to work in the field all day. Most dogs in the show ring are not able to do this either because of the way they are built or the fact that they are so very out of shape. —Anonymous The Parson Russell Terrier is supposed to be spanned. Probably 60 percent either don’t attempt at all to span, or they don’t even try. Standard says they must be spanned. —Anonymous Standard Schnauzers—judges are not looking for and rewarding proper working movement. A working dog should move with little effort, efficiently lifting feet just high enough to clear the ground—high stepping, short striding and legs swinging out wastes energy, which keeps the animal from performing their job all day long. Viewed from front or rear, the legs should form a nice V with straight line/column of sup- port from shoulder thru pasterns to foot or hips thru hocks to foot. Lack of proper support causes the animal to break down when working for long periods of time. —Anonymous
Papillon—low tailset, commonly seen with bad topline and faulty tail carriage. —Tracy Burdick
Number one thing judges miss or overlook: the Pug is a big dog in a little package—“multum en parvo”. This is not a Little dog in a little package, please, no short legged stuffy bod- ies, prefer a compact square body symmetrically balanced to leg length and a round head, not a Pekingese envelope head, oh yes and please do not overlook the great black Pug! —Anonymous
Judges overlook the true integrity of type for a handler. —Karen Kollmer
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel—trimming. The standard specifically says, “No trimming.” Many judges reward the trimmed dog, however. —Anonymous My breed is Pomeranians. The first thing the judge sees is the side view which should be a square body, high tail set, a beautiful correct double coat, correctly angled shoul- ders, a 1/3 muzzle to 2/3 skull and high-set small ears. —Anonymous I have Whippets—they’re supposed to be an athletic breed, but many can’t move to get out of their own way, let alone to chase and catch a rabbit. —Anonymous One thing that the judges do not look at is the excessive trimming which is to be severely penalized And the fact we are not a square breed—we are a 5-4 ratio. —Anonymous Number one would be the correct silhouette. Number two, front and rear movement. We have a parallel movement coming and going and many judges put up single tracking or converging movement. The front legs do not start under the ears. Number three, we are square. Number four, it takes some time to learn the correct head, eye, chiseling, and under jaw which makes our heads so very pretty, lean back skull. —Inge Semenschin Belgian Tervuren—I find judges often forget that breed type includes movement and the BT standard states, “Gait— lively and graceful, covering the maximum ground with min- imum effort.” This athletic, ground covering gait is achieved
Collie—correct head qualities including eye size and prop- er placement, 40% of the Collie Standard. —Kelly Roche
Westies—suckered in by overboard head grooming; a way to hide true head size. —Anonymous
My breed is Chihuahua. Judges most commonly over look correct movement in our breed. —Anonymous
When making final choices based on movement, it sad- dens me to see judges who do repeated down and backs. That certainly is important as part of assessing soundness but any judge should be able to see that with one down and back— indeed one and done! Side movement shows breed type as
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