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Judging the CCA [National Specialty] is every judge's dream and I was thrilled to be asked to do Dogs.

Every class was a delight, the dogs were all superb. The fun thing about a national is that everybody brings their best. The Winners Dog Smooth and the Reserve Dog Smooth are now Champion Bo-Dandy Vintage Stock and Champion Deep RIver's Resolution.
The Winners Dog Rough
and the Reserve Dog Rough are now Champion Twin
City The Great Divide and Champion Executive
Windrider of Oxford . . .

. . . The dogs that win at any show are winners because of their looks, this has nothing to do with genetic ability. I found the dogs that fit my "picture," and many of them will sire well, but it is your job to fit them into your genetic pool.

-- Pati Merrill

Source: Meet The Judges, 1996 National Specialty, Pati Merrill (Rough and Smooth Dogs), 1996 CCA Yearbook, p.107