' The Judging '
Dog shows should be FUN for all parties?... involved!
It should mean Shows getting high entries. Dog judges that get to travel and be able to judge the breed(s) in different countries they visit enjoying what they see and place dogs they see it, accordingly. Be the place for Exhibitors to meet the other Exhibitors as the perfect place and situation where they can show their dogs and also see the dogs of others and at the same time compete in each individual Class. Dog shows are also the ideal situation for visitors who can see the breed(s) or more than one specimen of the particular breed they are interested in at one spot and follow the judging as that is what it should be all about.
However, every once in a while above described process is hard to follow or even to understand what is going on in the ring as situations occur that are almost impossible to understand and makes you raise your eyebrows (to put it mildly) as that regretful seemed to be the case at the IHA GRAZ SHOW 2012.
Needless to say that judges do have there preferences by type, prefer and/or judge as individuals stricter depending on a dogs strong or weaker points as they see it and evaluate each dog accordingly before placing the dogs with qualifications to be given excellent, very good, good, very promising, promising or disqualify and place the dogs in accordance; 1st place, 2nd, 3rd and so on.
At the GRAZ show dogs got placed in order of these above qualifications and the Judge decided on her placements of each Class involved, no dogs where disqualified.
Judge for the breed: Mrs. Marija Kavcic, SLO
Noted.
1. Dog show catalogs contain information, all information accessible to the public. Therefore used as the source for described situations to accompany the pictures involved. All information and pictures that concern the names of dogs, breeder, owner or owners and handler are either based on the exact description in the IHA GRAZ 2012 catalog or as shown in the pictures. Information that concern Austrian Judges and their credentials as posted can be checked, source; the ÖKV website, see LINK or http://www.oekv.at/oekv/referate/richtterreferat.html
2. All the pictures are Original. No alteration or any other possible changes have been performed besides adding information as Dog 1 and Dog 2.
What you see in each picture is what exactly happened.
3. This Poll does not contain all the Classes of the Show Graz 2012 and consequently not all the results gained at each class published as this full detailed information is already posted on Internet.
Below pictures are showing situations: Puppy Class Girls, Intermediate Class - Bitches, Open Class -Dogs, that occurred at the GRAZ SHOW, accompanied by the results these dogs gained.
Puppy Class - Girls:
Entries: 2 dogs.
Dog and handler in below picture:
593. Dog 1: HAZEL HEAVENLY HEART VON DER GULDEGG
Handled by its owner/breeder: International ÖKV Judge Mrs. Ilse Rosner.
Judges remark and the result as given: VV 1 (Very Promising), 1 st. placement.
Handled by its owner/breeder: International ÖKV Judge Mrs. Ilse Rosner.
Judges remark and the result as given: VV 1 (Very Promising), 1 st. placement.
Intermediate Class - Bitches:
Entries: 2 dogs.
Dog's and handlers in the below pictures are:
596. Dog 1: FAY LEGEND TRI VON DER GULDEGG, owner/breeder: Ilse Rosner / handler: International Austrian / ÖKV Judge Mrs. Ilse Rosner.
Judges result as given: V 1 (Excellent 1 st. place). Qualification: CACA/ Res. CACIB .
597. Dog 2: FANCHON RETURN TO SENDER GIGI, breeder M.R. Brown. Owner Ms. Cornelia and Mrs. Andrea Strobl / handler: Ms. Cornelia Strobl.
Judges remark and the result as given: SG 2 ( 2 nd. place). Qualification: Very Good.
In written critics of Dog's 2 report, the remarks made by the judge, quote: ' Well developed body but not firm Topline ' and ' Good in front not enough balanced behind '.
Noted. Dog 2 is the only dog that got the qualification: SG/Very Good.
Dog 2: judges critics.
Judges result as given: V 1 (Excellent 1 st. place). Qualification: CACA/ Res. CACIB .
597. Dog 2: FANCHON RETURN TO SENDER GIGI, breeder M.R. Brown. Owner Ms. Cornelia and Mrs. Andrea Strobl / handler: Ms. Cornelia Strobl.
Judges remark and the result as given: SG 2 ( 2 nd. place). Qualification: Very Good.
In written critics of Dog's 2 report, the remarks made by the judge, quote: ' Well developed body but not firm Topline ' and ' Good in front not enough balanced behind '.
Noted. Dog 2 is the only dog that got the qualification: SG/Very Good.
Dog 2: judges critics.
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Open Class -Dogs:
Entries: 2 dogs.
Dog's and handlers in below pictures are:
588. Dog 1: EVEN TOUGH'S ENOUGH MARVIN VON DER GULDEGG, breeder Mrs. Ilse Rosner. Owners: Mrs. Ilse Rosner and Mrs. Elisabeth Preissl.
Handler: Austrian National ÖKV Judge: Mrs. Elisabeth Weselik-Preissl.
Judges result as given: V 1 (Excellent 1 st. placement) Qualifcation: CACA / R. CACIB.
589. Dog 2: CHARMING VAGABONDS AZZURO-BLUE, breeder: Mrs. Tanja Pankotsch (Germany) Owner: Elisabetta Abbruzzese.
Handler: Mrs. Tanja Pankotsch.
Judges result as given: V 2 (Excelllent 2 nd. placement) Qualification: R. CACA.
Handler: Austrian National ÖKV Judge: Mrs. Elisabeth Weselik-Preissl.
Judges result as given: V 1 (Excellent 1 st. placement) Qualifcation: CACA / R. CACIB.
589. Dog 2: CHARMING VAGABONDS AZZURO-BLUE, breeder: Mrs. Tanja Pankotsch (Germany) Owner: Elisabetta Abbruzzese.
Handler: Mrs. Tanja Pankotsch.
Judges result as given: V 2 (Excelllent 2 nd. placement) Qualification: R. CACA.
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Why?... this POll.
Placements of dogs by Judges are to be respected; the judge has the right to pick the dog(s) they think is/are best and these decisions made in the ring are final.
Nevertheless; Exhibitors should not be afraid to respond to very odd, remarkable and /or (strange)- situations that happen during qualifications of (their) dogs at Shows. When convinced that there are things happening that cannot be explained by any rational reason(s) Exhibitors should stand their ground and act accordingly by filing an official complaint.
Its time that all FCI Countries Kennel Clubs follow the path of the British Kennel Club (KC) who's Disciplinary Sub- Committee not to long ago examined incidents that involved 2 Top All Round Judges that both for different reasons overstepped regulations of the KC rules as set in the ' Code of Best Practice for Judges '. These Judges have been banned for 1 year or even for 2 years and disqualified taking a part in, attending and/or having any connection with any event licensed by the KC and also disqualified for judging during such a period as well been warned for their future conduct. Besides the excluding, KC ordered (these judges) to pay fines of £ 300.00 and £ 500.00 and in one case even imposed to pay for costs incurred by his actions.
Can only hope show committee's as well the FCI Countries Kennel Clubs will pursue and follow up on and investigate whether complaints are legitimate and act imposing penalties as KC has done and hopefully will continue to be doing when the circumstances demand that actions are acquired and to be umdertaken.
Nevertheless; Exhibitors should not be afraid to respond to very odd, remarkable and /or (strange)- situations that happen during qualifications of (their) dogs at Shows. When convinced that there are things happening that cannot be explained by any rational reason(s) Exhibitors should stand their ground and act accordingly by filing an official complaint.
Its time that all FCI Countries Kennel Clubs follow the path of the British Kennel Club (KC) who's Disciplinary Sub- Committee not to long ago examined incidents that involved 2 Top All Round Judges that both for different reasons overstepped regulations of the KC rules as set in the ' Code of Best Practice for Judges '. These Judges have been banned for 1 year or even for 2 years and disqualified taking a part in, attending and/or having any connection with any event licensed by the KC and also disqualified for judging during such a period as well been warned for their future conduct. Besides the excluding, KC ordered (these judges) to pay fines of £ 300.00 and £ 500.00 and in one case even imposed to pay for costs incurred by his actions.
Can only hope show committee's as well the FCI Countries Kennel Clubs will pursue and follow up on and investigate whether complaints are legitimate and act imposing penalties as KC has done and hopefully will continue to be doing when the circumstances demand that actions are acquired and to be umdertaken.