Giudizio per tradizione, tipo e carattere
Giudicare la qualità di un cane secondo standards che sono stati tramandati oralmente da una generazione all’altra senza una forma scritta significa giudicare per tradizione. Questo è un meccanismo simile a quello che si ritrova nelle corti di giustizia anglosassoni. I Carlini rollano, ma finché nel 1991 questo non è...
Valutazione e considerazioni nel giudizio in esposizione
La prima esposizione canina competitiva si svolse alla Town Hall di Newcastle on Tyne (Inghilterra) il 28 e 29 Giugno 1859. Il primo ente cinofilo nazionale fu quello inglese (K.C. – Kennel Club) sorto nel 1873; quello italiano (E.N.C.I. – Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana) fu fondato nel 1882. Quando...
The Curse of Mediocrity
I would speak here of mediocrity. I want to answer some question on this subject; what is mediocrity, and why is mediocrity such a bad thing? Follow along here and we will examine the subject. Some time ago I was involved in a rather serious debate in which my learned...
So You Wish to Judge?
Learning NUMBER ONE, and first on your list, is for you to obtain an illustration of a standing dog plus the skeleton. If these are taken from a book, most will have the muscles and bones named with lines indicating each particular part so that you will know "at which...
The Porsche and the Chevy
I have a friend who has exclaimed that he never wants to show to the so-called all-rounder type of judges since these individuals are only interested in how the dog moves without giving adequate consideration for the more important things. By more important things my friend is of the opinion...
Who’d Be A Judge?
The judging of dogs is a responsle position, requiring a considerable degree of canine knowledge, decisiveness, integrity and for large entries, physical stamina. Couple these factors with what I would consider the essential, "eye for a dog", and the most important need, that of respecting the exhibitors who have paid...
A Judging Technique
As I am wont to wonder, now that I am approaching advanced maturity and tend toward remembrance of things past rather than to future anticipation: Did what I did make increasing sense and show some degree of intellectual progress as time passed or did I fall into a rut early...