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Should judges from overseas automatically be approved by the Kennel Club to award CCs in breeds for which they are passed in their own country?

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Yorker, they could not make any more of a mess than some of the UK judges do, breed specialists and all rounders alike! Shows desperately need to bring back the incentive to make us enter and if the KC are going to sit there and do nothing (like a CH class and CC's for every breed at every Ch show like the continent where entries are increasing greatly) then overseas judges are a way forward.

Posted at 17:47 on 27 Jan 2012 by
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In theory 'Yes' but if they make a mess of it, please don't invite them back.

Posted at 15:04 on 27 Jan 2012 by
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Speaking to FCI / overseas judges they all make the point of confirming they throughly familiarise themselves with the UK standards of the breeds they are invited to judge here. As for teeth, yes (and I have not gone through every FCI standard for every breed) most breeds under FCI rules are penalised for missing teeth. Some countries are "hotter" on this than others. However at least the overseas judges when judging in the UK look in the mouth! We have had 3 UK all rounders in the past 10 months (on the ladder grabbing breeds under their belts), awarding CC's in the breed for the first time and NOT ONE has made more than a lightning quick peek at the incisors. 2 of them did not even check bite at all on the majority of exhibits.

Posted at 10:50 on 27 Jan 2012 by
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