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The thread on judging a blind running now on Forum got me thinking about how the scoring should factor into the overall scoring picture. Some good Ideas have been forwarded there on judging the blind per se this thread is about when to use this information
When I judge a FT blind, time permitting, any dog that has met our predetermined criteria with regard to it's parameters and has not committed a mandatory elimination fault.... passes and moves on to be further tested.
The work itself then only comes under scrutiny again if, when deciding who is to be called back during the trial, or who is to be placed or receive a JAM if it is at the end of necessary testing.....if at that point a careful evaluation one against the other of two or more of the dog's work on the mark's didn't provide the necessary separation to carry or to place one dog above the other , the work on the blinds then could provide the tie breaker.
At that point, and/or any time a comparison of the blind work would become necessary, I, like some on the other thread advised, would compare the dog's work on their blind in it's entirety, and not on the basis of some isolated shortfall.
In essence what I am saying is Great marks and a passing blind you are back. Good marks and a passing blind you are probably back. It is only when your marks put you on the bubble that the disposition of the quality of your blind becomes a deciding factor. Great marks and passing blinds should never be out scored by lesser marks and better blinds
john
When I judge a FT blind, time permitting, any dog that has met our predetermined criteria with regard to it's parameters and has not committed a mandatory elimination fault.... passes and moves on to be further tested.
The work itself then only comes under scrutiny again if, when deciding who is to be called back during the trial, or who is to be placed or receive a JAM if it is at the end of necessary testing.....if at that point a careful evaluation one against the other of two or more of the dog's work on the mark's didn't provide the necessary separation to carry or to place one dog above the other , the work on the blinds then could provide the tie breaker.
At that point, and/or any time a comparison of the blind work would become necessary, I, like some on the other thread advised, would compare the dog's work on their blind in it's entirety, and not on the basis of some isolated shortfall.
In essence what I am saying is Great marks and a passing blind you are back. Good marks and a passing blind you are probably back. It is only when your marks put you on the bubble that the disposition of the quality of your blind becomes a deciding factor. Great marks and passing blinds should never be out scored by lesser marks and better blinds
john