Salisbury NC Kennel Club, Saturday June 4, 2016, Concord, NC

BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS
SIPSEY - Karma's Reincarnated Roza Shanina -  2nd / Reserve Winners Bitch 
VARIAS - BEST OF BREED - made the cut in group
Thank You Breed Judge  Mr. John Constantine
Thank You Group Judge Mr. Peter Gaeta

HAVANESE 
#5 -  absent due to ring conflict - I should post his schedule for today.  An All-breed show, Working Dog Specialty, and Havanese Specialty, and to top it off, groups were split.  CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY!
TAFFY - Best of Opposite  Well, so far Miss Taffy is the most consistent loser.  4 shows, and 4 BOS.  Same male won twice, the other two shows were different males for BOS.  
Breed Judge Ms. Shelley S. Hennessy
Group Judge Mrs. Peggy Hauck - 

VERY ODD That the club would choose this judge for the Toy Group when she judges the Havanese Club Speciatly today as well.  But no surprise that the dog who won BOB (or any Havanese except as noted below) did not place in Group under this judge. 

Mrs. Hauck is definitely on our DO NOT SHOW TO list, at least with Havanese in the South East United States, or anyplace Harry Bennet may show up.  I just did a quick check on Infodog, and going back to 2005, checking 29 times that Peggy Hauck judged Havanese, EVERY time Harry has shown to her HE WON, from Ohio and Pennsylvania, to Florida.  How many judges, do you know who YOU can go to for a guaranteed win, no matter what you show.  I checked another breed as well, and results were the same for this pair.  THIS IS NOT JUST MY OPINION - THIS IS FACT BASED ON RESULTS POSTED ON THE INFODOG.COM WEBSITE.  Harry has taken up enough of my time for tonight, so do not feel like documenting any more stupid judge moves.  It's not Harry's fault.  Heck if I had a judge who I knew would put me up, I'd be showing to them all of the time too!
More details on the the post from the Havanese Specialty today.

BICHONS FRISES
LEILANI -  not shown due to ring conflict
Breed Judge Mrs. Peggy Hauck
Group Judge Mr. Warner Cespedes  

AFGHAN HOUNDS
TAZI -  No Major, Judge Change, got the client their entry fee back.
Breed Judge Mr. Warner Cespedes
Group Judge Ms. Celeste M Gonzalez

Havanese Club of America, Saturday, June 4, 2016 Concord, NC

Sweepstakes
#5 - Absent - Ring Conflict
Thank You Judge Ms. Delene Travella

Regular Classes 
#5 - 2nd
TAFFY - Best of Opposite
Thank You Judge Peggy J. Hauck

Mrs. Hauck is definitely on our DO NOT SHOW TO list, at least with Havanese in the South East United States, or any place Harry Bennet may show up.  I just did a quick check on Infodog, and going back to 2005, checking 29 times that Peggy Hauck judged Havanese (at an MB-F show), EVERY time Harry Bennett has shown to Mrs. Peggy Hauch, HE WON, from Ohio and Pennsylvania, across the Southeast, and of course, in Florida.  I did not take the extra time to check the other show results through AKC.  How many judges, do you know who YOU can go to for a guaranteed win, no matter what you show, or whomever your competition?  I checked another breed as well, and results were the same for this pair.  THIS IS NOT JUST MY OPINION - THIS IS FACT BASED ON RESULTS POSTED ON THE INFODOG.COM WEBSITE.  Peggy Hauck & Harry Bennet have taken up enough of my time for tonight, so do not feel like documenting any more stupid judge moves.  It's not Harry's fault.  Heck if I had a judge who I knew would put me up, I'd be showing to them all of the time too!  But maybe not, because I wouldn't like the appearance of impropriety that would be projected upon the judge.  At some point the judge should say something to the handler, not necessarily face to face, as that could create it's own problem, but by the awards given in the ring.  Even if we didn't have a dog in this game, and we didn't at most of shows that I checked,  the facts are the facts, there were many, many great dogs, dumped by this judge in favor of a particular handler.  This is not the only handler/judge combo like this, and won't be the last.  This is not the first time I have mentioned this, and I am sure it won't be the last.  

The following is from the AKC Rules, Policies, and Guidelines for Conformation Dog Show Judges, page 5.  Perhaps it should be posted on the judges tables in the ring, just to remind them that we are watching:

A HANDY RULE OF THUMB
There will always be “gray areas” that perplex
judges. When faced with such a dilemma, ask yourself
whether the situation, however innocent, projects an
outward appearance of impropriety. A good rule of
thumb is:
If you have concerns about whether something
is inappropriate, you probably should avoid the

situation.

Carolina Working Group Association, Saturday June 4, 2016, Concord, NC

BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS
SIPSEY - Karma's Reincarnated Roza Shanina - 1st / Winners Bitch 
VARIAS -  BEST OF BREED

Thank You Breed Judge Mrs. Linda Berberich

Group Judge Dr. Linda M. Fowler

Northlake KC of Greater Covington, LA Saturday June 4, 2016, Biloxi, MS

HAVANESE

BENNY - BEST OF BREED & OH BOB & OH GROUP 4
Owner Handled by CAROL JANES!
THANK YOU BREED JUDGE GLORIA KERR
Group Judge Polly Smith 
THANK YOU OH GROUP JUDGE BONNIE THRELFALL

"Benny"
June 4, 2016 in Group