tnelsonfla":2v50efh5 said:
Yes the Judging is typically done right after the judge names BOB/BOSB, he goes right to rabbits entered in fur class. He doesn't have to check for DQ's and he/she just looked at them. He then goes 5th,4th,3rd,2nd and best fur. It is normally less than a minute per rabbit. Then after each shows BIS & RIS are named(lately at our shows they've been naming 3rd place BIS too). Then they call best fur rabbit to table, this is the most time consuming, especially if BOB was not best fur in class.
If we're going to start quoting the SOP verbatim, we need to also include the following:
NOTE: Any rabbit Disqualified from Competition or Unworthy of An Award shall be ineligible to compete in any fur or wool class.
It goes on to read as follows:
Show secretaries should still see that animals previously disqualified in breed classes are removed prior to the fur class being brought to the table
While by that rule, the judge is not required to check fur class rabbits for DQ's, it becomes the job of the show secretary to ensure that any rabbit which was DQ'd from open competition is removed from any fur class they may have been entered in. By that rule in the SOP, it is not an immediate thing if you're playing it the way it is defined.
The SOP also does not differentiate between types of DQ's as it pertains to elimination from a fur class. IOW, it means that a rabbit with wrong eye color, white toenails, etc. are to be treated the same as rabbits which are found to have illnesses, sore hocks, or ear canker.
So yes, while the actual judging part of the fur class competitions may not normally take very long, the reviewing of the entries will practically guarantee slowing the show's progress because, by that rule, the show secretary has to perform that function prior to the fur classes being called to the table.
And I'll say right now that there are more than a small handful of judges that I wouldn't personally want to judge my breed's regular classes, let alone throw out another $1-2 per head to see that same knucklehead go through a fur class like he or she has been tasked to clean the latrines. In such an event, if you enter 10-20 rabbits in a double show and in fur classes, that's $20-80 you've just thrown out the window for fur class entry fees alone, and for what? In the end, fur classes don't really prove a darn thing.
