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Originally Posted by magicgenie  I think Gemy and Swan have wonderful ideas. However, I think the dog show world is collapsing under the weight of exhibitor egos as much as anything else. Gail, my first time at a dog show was as a terribly green first time exhibitor. Nobody was nice and I'll never forget it. |
First of all, that sucks and I am sorry that happened to you. We could discuss the merits of attending and being involved in shows and we would probably agree on a lot of things. Bear with me here, I get it.
Second all of those people are going to retire or die eventually. Who will be left?
Third, everyone is going to have different experiences at different locations with different breeds. So the idea can't be to get everyone get along, look there are a**holes everywhere, it is competitive so people can get out of control. Go to any high school football game. It's way worse. However we should be able to assure everyone that the outcome is fair. Judge reform is something that needs to be addressed and I know I am not the only one saying that I have seen many articles about the issue.
Can someone tell me if I'm wrong but are judges paid by the amount of entries they judge? If so that would be like having the batter pay the umpire more than the pitcher does. Any close call is going to the batter. It's not nefarious its just common sense.
All of this is just talk though, Would it be possible to get the different breed clubs to agree on changing the format of a show?
What if we had a bracketed tournament to determine the best in show. Seed all of the winners of each breed and have them compete against each other in front of a different judge each "match" until only one remains. It would be entertaining as hell and people could root for their breed or a particular dog. Plus it would make it easier on judges only judging two dogs at a time.
Just some outside of the box ideas. Love the feedback.