Dog Show

I enjoyed watching the judging at the nationals this year. I felt it was the least political conformation judging I have seen to date.

While the judge, Walter J Sommerfelt, did not select some of the dogs I like ( I like dogs with more head than he was looking for), he was consistent in the type of dog he selected when he made his final cut for each class. I think he would not have selected the head type in our 2009 logo.

I liked that he selected fit dogs that were balanced, hard muscled, and moved well. The dog's bodies length were as 10 is to 9. Dogs with more body than leg ( I have two like that) were selected against.

I think it was a fluke that his top picks were red dogs. This year we seemed to have more quality reds than we had in years past.

I heard that one exhibitor told the judge he had rewarded the "wrong" type.

It was one man's opinion on one day given the dogs presented that day.