| I'm very sorry to hear what happened to Duncan. Although I have not shown under Spindler, yet, he is very well respected and known to be very tough. He is not the only foreign judge that refuses to follow the rules set by the USRC. An example is the rating system here vs. Germany. In Germany dogs can be V rated in the youth classes; USRC they can not. There are judges that refuse to sign critiques if they can not V rate a dog in the youth classes if they (the judges) feel the dog is deserving. This can be quite confusing when the dog goes V1 and Youth Seiger one weekend and SG1 and YS the next weekend.
I think if they accept the judging assignments here then they should also accept the rules set forth by the hosting organization, or the rules need to be changed accordingly.
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