Is it acceptable or even allowed for the best in show judge to have one of his/her dogs being shown at the same show by another member of his/her family?
It is against the KC show regs for a judge to exhibit(or handle)a dog at a show. This rule lead to dogs being transferred over to partners etc so that they could be shown-the rules re showing dogs under a judge that bred them has been changed so that you can never judge a dog in breed that you have bred & the transfer action is now discouraged
Good (now discouraged - transferring a dog into another name for a specific show). It happened in my breed once - it was a major show but honestly, if an owner/exibitor can't refrain for just one show, that's sad.