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10 – May, 2026

By Tom Grabe

The hot topic around the rings these days seems to be, as usual, the quality of judging. Big surprise, huh? Unfortunately, this subject has been beaten to death for longer than I have been alive and it seems to be a problem that just won’t go away. However, the lack of quality judging seems to have become a bigger problem as of late.

I have written before about some of the problems facing judges, the judges department and, most importantly, exhibitors. I am hesitant to tackle the subject again at the risk of just repeating my and others’ ideas, but I am going to take another swing at it.

As I see it, there are several problems that contribute to poor adjudication in the ring. No, it’s not the heavy promotion of dogs; it’s not handlers and dogs chasing judges around the country, and it’s not the lack of quality stock supplied by exhibitors. Those are all factors that can be controlled by the judge in the ring. They don’t have to point at the heavily-promoted dog; they don’t have to put up a dog or handler that chases them from show to show; and they can easily withhold ribbons from sub-par specimens.

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10 – May, 2026

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