...... It gets tiresome seeing the same overdone, incorrectly coated dogs win time and again.
We must have been at different Potomac shows last year. The bitch who won is not overdone, does have a correct coat, has won multiple BIS at all-breed shows, over a dozen BISS in 3 countries, has earned her JH, was previously RWB, WB, BOW, and BBE at previous Potomac shows, etc..... What else do you want in a Lab?! How many different judges does it take to say, "This is what the breed was meant to be!" Maybe you need to get into a different breed.
I really like that Potomac has foreign judges for the regular classes. There is a reason they don't like a good number of the dogs. Rather then being so offended perhaps you should open your mind to the fact that the dogs they object to are sometimes overdone, long and low or just plain short on leg, too much bone, mastiff like heads, too much coat, or grossly overweight. We American judges are more forgiving because we are used to seeing these dogs and they are the norm here now. That in itself is sad. The foreign judges are needed to help us keep perspective of what the breed should be. We should be reading the critiques and learning from them. Yes, some of the judges are not the best, but neither are all the American breeder judges. Just because you have bred many champions and specialty winners doesn't mean you have the ability to go out and judge several hundred dogs and do a good job of it. It is hard work to select from the kind of entry at Potomac. That is why it is critical to have people select judges that both know their ability to judge well and are impartial. To be asked to judge Potomac is a great honor and should be offered to those who are notable breed experts. I hope they continue to bring in foreign judges that are Labrador breeders.
Wow "Huh?"...way to not read the entire post...I belive I stated I preferred the foreign judges at Potomac because it gets tiresome seeing some of these overdone huge dogs at the other specialities...I was referring to specialities with dogs put up by US breeder/judges. A Labrador should not weigh 110 lbs!!
Dr Woods did a spectacular job last year in Breed...loved his final line up.
I really like that Potomac has foreign judges for the regular classes. There is a reason they don't like a good number of the dogs. Rather then being so offended perhaps you should open your mind to the fact that the dogs they object to are sometimes overdone, long and low or just plain short on leg, too much bone, mastiff like heads, too much coat, or grossly overweight. We American judges are more forgiving because we are used to seeing these dogs and they are the norm here now. That in itself is sad. The foreign judges are needed to help us keep perspective of what the breed should be. We should be reading the critiques and learning from them. Yes, some of the judges are not the best, but neither are all the American breeder judges. Just because you have bred many champions and specialty winners doesn't mean you have the ability to go out and judge several hundred dogs and do a good job of it. It is hard work to select from the kind of entry at Potomac. That is why it is critical to have people select judges that both know their ability to judge well and are impartial. To be asked to judge Potomac is a great honor and should be offered to those who are notable breed experts. I hope they continue to bring in foreign judges that are Labrador breeders.
