Hi You are right Telvera Incognito probably would won on any given day no matter who his handler was, but unfortunately that is not always the case with some of these other dogs that are being shown. I know I'm going to be blasted for this comment, but it seems to me that all AKC dogs are show dogs some even before they are born based on their pedigrees. If you have a well known handler he or she can finish anything, while a nice dog is over looked. Than this mediocre dog becomes a Champion and everyone breeds to the new champion and then your quality on the breed is washed out. I hear all the time "that would make a good AKC dog." I do believe the responsibility lies in the hands of the judges. If the owner/handles stopped supporting these judges maybe there would be no majors for the pro's to make up these mediocre champions. Kathy Conrad
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