In a message dated 2/9/02 3:44:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > THE CONTROVERSY OVER BASHING > PROFESSIONAL HANDLERS HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED US. I WOULD LOVE ONE OF THE > PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER ON THIS SUBJECT TO TRAVEL WITH > A HANDLER FOR ONE CIRCUIT AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN A 24 HOUR DAY AND > IT IS A 24 HOUR DAY BEGINING TO END. THE TRAVEL IS GRUELING, THE EXPENSES > HIGH, THE COMPETITION KEEN. MOST HANDLERS ARE NOT WEALTHY DOING THIS AND > THERE IS AN INNER LOVE FOR DOGS THAT KEEP THEM GOING. > WE HAVE SPECIALED OUR CAVALIER BITCH AM., CAN., INT(UCI), MEX(FCM) > INT .(FCI ) CHAMPION Y'CYMRY MAGDALENA AT FULL OF MALARKEY FOR THREE YEARS > . SHE HAS DONE OVER 300 SHOWS ABOUT HALF BEING SHOWN BY WITH A > PROFESSIONAL HANDLER THAT WE TRAVELED WITH AND ABOUT HALF OF WHICH MY > HUSBAND PATRICK HAS SHOWN HER. > Not to be confrontational, but it sounds like you are professionals but not paid by anyone else and instead are showing your own dogs. I assume you are part of the show "scene" if you travel that extensively and stay in hotels with the handlers and the judges. I don't know who has a chip on their shoulder regarding handlers, I hear that most of us would like to have our dogs judged on their correctness and not on the relationship of the person on the end of the lead to the judge. Michael
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