Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA2K4 Feedback Summary

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Karen, any horseshow methods relevent?
sh
--- Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am not disagreeing with your point but to continue
> on w/ the Dog show analogy. In a dog shows smiliar
> dogs are judged together in "Groups" ie, working ,
> Toy, Hounds. They way it is done on a judging level is
> that the dogs are not "judged" against each other per
> say but rather to the "Standard". 
> 
> The standard represents what the ideal breed of that
> dog should look like. How that dog conforms to the
> ideal standard is how well it will do in a show. That
> is how during best-in-show you can have an Akita vs a
> Shih Tzu vs a Jack Russel, etc.
> 
> The responsibility for understanding the standards
> lies with the judges. They are selected for their
> assignments accordingly. Since there are so many
> breeds of dogs and yet only three main styles of
> aquascaping with many being derivatives of the three
> it should not be to difficult for the judges to be
> able to identify and score accordingly.
> 
> That being said I thought the judges this year did a
> great job at judging and a wonderful job also at
> explaining their decision in front of a large
> audience. This is taboo in the dog world. The judges
> very rarely explain any of their decisions even in
> private.
> 
> Regards,
> Larry

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