The judge applicant must be recommended by the Judges of the GSSCC or the Head Judge.

The performance judge applicant will engage in a series of six trials as a apprentice judge under the supervision of selected Judges as determined by the GSSCC Head Judge. A minimum of two trial must be under a SV Judge. No more than two of the six trials may be under the same Judge.

The Performance judge applicant must have trained at least 2 dogs (minimum 1 German Shepherd Dog) from a BH to a SchH3 degree, achieved a FH and competed at least one time successfully at the Canadian German Shepherd Dog Championships at the schutzhund 3 level.

Applicants must be an active member in a club.

Applicants must adhere to GSSCC policies.

Applicants are responsible to oversee such activities as certification of clubs to host GSSCC events.

The GSSCC Judge license has to be renewed every five (5) years by the GSSCC executive board.

All GSSCC Judges have to sign the guidelines "our reputation".

Professional breeders who derive their income from breeding should not be accepted into the program.

PERFORMANCE JUDGE APPRENTICE CRITERIA

Each trial where the apprentice judge is tested must have a minimum of four (4) Schutzhund or FH entries and a minimum of three (3) BH entries.

After each trial the apprentice judge has to write a report in which he/she describes the entire trial circumstances including all phases.

The report has to be sent to the instructing judge within three (3) weeks.

The instructing Judge has to correct the apprentice judge's report and write a report to the Head Judge. This report must describe the main mistakes as well as the positive and negative qualities of the apprentice judge's testing ability. The instructing Judge must pass or fail the apprentice judge according to that trial.

The apprentice judge cannot fail more than twice and has to redo any failed trials.

The apprentice judge will not receive any financial assistance from any person, GSSCC member, GSSCC club, any GSSCC region or the GSSCC. The apprentice judge cannot charge the GSSCC whether he/she is successful in becoming a GSSCC judge or not.

After the apprentice judge has passed all criteria he/she will be a probationary judge for a period three (3) years . The probationary judge will receive the same monetary benefits that a GSSCC performance judge will.

At the end of the probationary period he/she becomes a GSSCC Performance Judge.