[ButterflyYorkie]

I guess this is by far my favorite forum to read here these days, I learn so much here.
I pm'd a member a while back asking for info on the international shows. She gave me run down on it all..I had no clue really.

I wanted to add more about judges from the above posts...
I have shown in both akc and ukc, more so in ukc but have got my feet wet in akc. I noticed one thing in paticular, the judges in ukc were all so helpful and didn't mind speaking with us on an individual basis. They seemed to make time for us and were happy to help us out, answer questions, ect. One in paticular went out of their way to help my daughter (novice junior) and I was very grateful to say the least. I realize there have been some changes made recently with the rules for judging and there is alot of hoopla going on about judging in both registries (akc and ukc at same time) Alot of the judges in ukc (were) before the new rules also akc judges and some of them show in ukc. One in paticular, Matt Proctor was just awesome to us and he took time to speak to us and answer questions. There are a few more that were also very kind and went out of their way to speak to us. I guess my point is that at the akc shows I've attended it was more difficult to get one on one time with a judge vs. ukc. Many of the ukc shows I've attended were huge just like the akc shows I've attended but we seemed to have a better chance at actually sitting down and speaking with a judge with ukc. I plan to show with both registries in the coming months but I seem to really enjoy the ukc shows for some reason. Even when we're losing, lol!