> "Traditions" are a funny thing. I am not talking about breed standard > here, but as you say "traditions". Take, for example, the "tradition" > of putting the lead around one's shoulders when a dog is on the table.
I keep wondering why the people in the U.S. want so much to defend getting down on your knees to present a dog better, yet the people in the UK seem to do just fine without resorting to that. I was at Crufts 2 years ago and I honestly don't remember seeing anyone on their knees the entire day I was there--so even if it is done, it certainly isn't done very often! Are the people or Cavaliers built differently here in the U.S.? Are the floors different where the dogs are shown? I'm trying to figure out why one country almost always kneels to show a Cavalier (in groups and Best in Show) and another country almost never does. Why do we feel we must *help* the dogs look better? Why do we feel we must use tricks to get the judge to believe our dog is the best by helping it look better than it already is? And lastly--would the UK people talk about why they don't ever kneel? Is it because it is frowned upon? Did you ever feel it would help to kneel but decided not to because people would talk? How did it get started that one doesn't kneel when showing a Cavalier? What was the reasoning that went into it in the first place? Was it always *a Cavalier should be shown naturally* thought process or something else? Laura Lang Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
