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The judges job is a poison chalice,you are on a hiding to nothing from the start and the reason its so hard to find one,ask anyone who's put a show on the trouble they have finding a judge,hence the r

The main trouble with judging a show is all the entrants genuinely believe their dog was better than the winner,then all the bitching starts.ive judged a few lurchers and the biggest problem i found w

Firstly why bother with these shows if you have such a dislike for them?   Secondly why take a scared up dog to one of these shows knowing the judges dont even give that type of dog a second look?

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tony been their had the t shirt talks a good dog mate but never had one :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

I can think of a couple of Tony's dogs that I wouldn't have minded on my yard

like i say mate nowt against tony or his family just in the time ive new them never had owt id have had not in to bunnys or owt like that mate but each to their own only think that things must have changed or they got some gooddogs of pinky tony when i new him didnt drive got out only wnen elaine took him and up to blanchland bunny bustin and i had from the people who went with them to jimmy blackwoods permmission that his dogs one of which was nettle were not to good to say the least also seen his dogs on video mate not to cleaver but tonys cup of tea is not mine each person diffrent liv and let liv and good luck to the man :thumbs:

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ive judged quite a lot of shows over the years and can honestly say not one person has admitted that their lurcher doesnt work but ime grown up enough to take what they tell me about their dog with a pinch of salt and judge purely whats in front of me on the day .and as i said earlier there is no way in the world you can tell if a dog works by looking at it .

 

not quite so sure mate, many working dogs have bust toes, ruptured tendons, maybe a dropped muscle, the odd scar especially around the ears and in my experience a lot of real, good working dogs have an aura about them almost looking down on lesser dogs, and some of mine are really peeved at having to ponce about at a stupid show when their minds are obviously far away on more important matters. i'd rather sell a puppy to a good honest knowledgable show home than to a messer working home where the pup would be ruined by 8 month old and moved on to end god knows where.

 

Ive judged quite a few shows, and twice with Boyo, he is as good a judge as I have seen ,imo.

Injuries on a dog do not have to indicate hard work, they can also indicate a clumsy sod who gets hurt climbing out of his bed. Anyone showing a dog with a dropped muscle

,ruptured tendon, or busted toe, is being seriously optimistic if they expect to win over a comparable animal, that has none of these injuries.

We've all seen dogs with flat feet, busted toes ect, catch game , but how much better would they run if they had four sound feet?

End of the day, Lurcher shows cannot give an indication of a dog's working ability.

Whilst judging ,I've never had an exhibitor say to me,"oh its just a pet it doesn't work",they are all regular pot fillers, according to their owners. :whistling:

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Clucky I dont think stabs is talking about lurchers :hmm:

 

Stabs they probably werent even his dogs, from what Iam told he kept custody of a few decent ones for other folk.

at one time mate he was kenneling dogs for pinky mate but think they not on speaking terms mainly terriers i dont know how he judges every time i seen him proping bar up given it the great white hunter stuff the year i went kipper youngy and is mates well taking piss out of him and is dog which they renamed bang bang kettle as all he kept saying was bang and our nettle got another bunny so when they asked for dogs in his bitches class they told them it was called bang bang kettle when its realy called nettle we alljust fell about in kinks bang bang nettle his best dog ever

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Clucky I dont think stabs is talking about lurchers :hmm:

 

Stabs they probably werent even his dogs, from what Iam told he kept custody of a few decent ones for other folk.

 

These were definitely his.

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yes rocky no dis respect to them but ive forgoten what they know about dogs mate tony been their had the t shirt talks a good dog mate but never had o :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: newhat does elaine know only what tony told her in his latest book club mate if they judging shows now its came to right old sorry state

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cheers innan for comments above .i hope we can get a day or two running on the same day later in the year . be great to have a day out up there together j

Only telling the truth J,Ive nothing to run on the big land, my lad dislocated his leg at the end of the season he has pins ,and rods in it as I type.But I expect I will come up with R, and watch a few of you ,look forward to seeing you.

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Clucky I dont think stabs is talking about lurchers :hmm:

 

Stabs they probably werent even his dogs, from what Iam told he kept custody of a few decent ones for other folk.

 

These were definitely his.

like ive said earlyer mate nowt against tony or any of his family just dont know how him or his son can judge dogs when i first new him he wasnt into lurchers at all but into pitbull seen and as i say he all ways proping up bar given it the been their dun it routine talk is cheap actions speack louder and cant see him doing owt diffrent than he was back then which was basicaly nowt but talk at shows to me and this only my views mind but lot of people can talk one hell of a tail and some just get down and do the job them propt up at bar on show day good dreamers jackanory comes to mind lot of dogs which were in his kennels were paul pinks at one time he the lurcher lad who helped start the up landslurcher and bullx club fact not fiction he as far as i know is still involved with club

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Its simple.if you dont want your dog judged keep it out of the ring or better still stay away.Dont put it in then start crying because you dident get a little ribbon.:doh:.

catcher 1 mate dont show me lurchers mate dont no if your last comment was jibe at me mate but im not a ribbon hunter in any way ive just been as i said earlier in thread that ive been twice in 22 or three years none in last five for definate mate have close st of lamping buds who go out lamping and thats as far as i go so not a ribbon huter would buy them if thats what btook me fancy :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

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Its simple.if you dont want your dog judged keep it out of the ring or better still stay away.Dont put it in then start crying because you dident get a little ribbon.:doh:.

catcher 1 mate dont show me lurchers mate dont no if your last comment was jibe at me mate but im not a ribbon hunter in any way ive just been as i said earlier in thread that ive been twice in 22 or three years none in last five for definate mate have close st of lamping buds who go out lamping and thats as far as i go so not a ribbon huter would buy them if thats what btook me fancy :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

 

 

It was not at you mate and i also dont show my lurchers.But i do go to a few shows.Its a great day out.atb.Catcher :thumbs:

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Its simple.if you dont want your dog judged keep it out of the ring or better still stay away.Dont put it in then start crying because you dident get a little ribbon.:doh:.

catcher 1 mate dont show me lurchers mate dont no if your last comment was jibe at me mate but im not a ribbon hunter in any way ive just been as i said earlier in thread that ive been twice in 22 or three years none in last five for definate mate have close st of lamping buds who go out lamping and thats as far as i go so not a ribbon huter would buy them if thats what btook me fancy :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

 

 

It was not at you mate and i also dont show my lurchers.But i do go to a few shows.Its a great day out.atb.Catcher :thumbs:

sorry catcher 1 mate just lot of people seem to think im having a pop them for showing dogs and wasnt only asking why was some judges so diffrent and seemingly out of touch with popular breeds and working dogs sorry once again catcher just me paranoid again :thumbs:

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The judges job is a poison chalice,you are on a hiding to nothing from the start and the reason its so hard to find one,ask anyone who's put a show on the trouble they have finding a judge,hence the reason why you get inexperienced wannabe's doing it,nobody likes to take flak off fellow dog owner's for either a biased decision or a straight one,the fun element of these shows have been lost,going back 30yrs there was only one gamefair and no local terrier and lurcher shows,it is only as the dog's have become popular that these shows appeared,the Fell and Moorland ran the first show's I attended and it was as a fund raising excercise to claw back some of the money that was outlayed in the winter on some of the bigger rescue's,they were our only fallback and are still the only decent club worth joining or contributing to with genuine interest in the welfare of our dog's,anyone that remember's the massive shows that brought LLangollen to a standstill of a weekend will realise it was a great meeting place for old friends and new alike,it is only a bit of fun and not to be argued and fought over,go to the shows for the right reasons and enjoy the company of like minded lads that will be raising money for a good cause (normally) and if you don't enjoy it then you are there for the wrong reasons,remember your dog will always be the best in YOUR eye's,don't take the day too serious and you will meet some decent people and make new friends,you will get better quality judges coming forward when they stop taking too much stick,after all WOULD YOU DO IT ??? atb,wirralman

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