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Carol
Dog shows have not been a good way for brood stock evaluation in quite a long time.

It is a sport plain and simple. There is too much politics and uncaring/unknowledgeable judges out there for winning to actually determine if a dog should or should not be bred.

IF you enjoy showing and have the $$ to do a good deal of it then go to town. But never think of it as a proving ground for breeding dogs. It just ain't so- at least not now a days :(

If you take showing so seriously that the showing of a dog that is not going to be bred because of a failed health certifiction etc bothers you to this extent then you are getting a tad too competitive. Winning is reat but losing isn't the end of the world.

It is what your dog really is in looks, brains, pedigree, temperament and health that matters not what some judge who does not even know what the breed standard really says thinks of your dog. (a couple examples: a friend was told my a judge that penciling on the feet was a serious fault and was why her dog placed second. A second friend was told that her 23" bitch was way undersized and a third was told her huge boned, big headed, fit, in shape muscles bulging dog had too much muscle and not enough "substance")