I have judged a couple of shows during the summer and i have judged mates dogs,but Ireland being a lot smaller and you see the same people at shows all the time ,if we didn't judges friends dogs the rings would be almost empty ,some friends did get placed but only because their dogs deserved it,but the 2 dogs i put up as champions where not the type of dog i would keep my self,a reckon alot of people thought ,i would of picked large rough coated wheaten types but no ,1 was a whippet x and the other was a large smooth dog