Originally Posted by
4evrhtn
I looked navhda up and like the fact that the dogs are run by themselves against a standard instead of against another dog. I have see judges who are friends with judges and who judge each other's dogs show preferential treatment and at times overlooking what should be grounds for disqualification. I don't like this clique type organization. I saw them give a guy straight 10's whose dog performed satisfactory at best and then heard the judges remark on how beautiful the dog was. They turned a hunt test into a beauty pageant contest. I am going to run mine in seniors and see how things go if I don't like what is going on I will be done with the AKC hunt tests.
A score of 10 has never been used in NAVHDA - you have the wrong organization.
And your statement as far as judges is also not correct. Each dog is judged to a STD and the score 0 to 4 is arrived at by consensus of 3 judges. no matter who they are!
JW