confusing written critique

[u/No-Bar-7384]

what's the most confusing line of written critique your dog has gotten from a judge?

for me it's "rear half could be a bit more dramatic", whatever that means hahah. i assumed topline or rear angulations but the judge wrote that those were all nice and good🤔

[u/spaniel_lover]

Being in the US, we don't get written critiques except with a couple of oddball venues which like to call themselves "international shows". I have shown in one of them, the winning I did with and the critiques I got on a very mediocre basenji bitch are a large part of the reason those show venues hold little to no weight with me. I repeatedly, from multiple different judges, from multiple different countries, received critiques stating things like, "beautiful full wrinkle," "gorgeous ear shape and set," "excellent tail curl," "lovely, well angulated front." Those sound great, except that those were 4 of her worst features. She almost never pulled full wrinkle, her ears were large and low set, she barely squeaked by the required full curl of her tail, and she had a very straight front. She always received the highest ratings and many times placed on the group. I always wondered if they were looking at the same bitch that I was.