Sheila Crompton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>...ferrets shows are judged differently over here in the UK.  Only one
>judge per ferret per class, some judges might only tackle one class if
>there are a lot of entr ies whilst other might do several classes - the
>ferret is only handled by two people, the steward and the judge.
 
This is also how we do it in Sweden.
 
>The only time the judges know who the owners are is when the ferrets are
>called out for best albino etc, Best in Show.
 
When selecting the Best in Show here, all owners and candidates are lined
up, with someone else than the owner holding the ferret.
 
>When our 'road shows' are booked for an event we generally ask the
>organisers for a fixed fee or a donation except in cases where the
>organisers are charities themselves.
 
Here, we're usually happy enough if the organisers don't want to charge us
anything at all.  (In Stockholm we generally don't participate if we're
charged.) The assumption seems to be that all participants are planning on
making money by selling stuff.
 
Sometimes we're the organisers too.
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 Urban Fredriksson  [log in to unmask]  [log in to unmask]
 My ferrets -> http://www.kuai.se/%7Egriffon/
 The Swedish Ferret Society -> http://www.kuai.se/%7Estif/
[Posted in FML issue 1621]