[Varda]

No one knows for sure. I think they know when they've done well and perhaps that's doesn't necessarily mean they know precisely the consequence.

Dog show judges run the gamut from incompetent to superb. I found that in general that the best dogs did well which means that in general the judging was fair.

[manc]

Been to many up and down this country and really couldn’t agree with you on that, sorry.

Like someone else said, politics is all behind scenes.
Well for conformation it is.
What one judge see’s is not what another judge sees too.

Conformation which this is, is based on what a judge thinks and that’s it
Now if it is herding, agility I would agree with you but conformation, no