Chris the good ole days were the CKCSC shows we are now talking about AKC shows. With lots of handlers, new people out the you know what and no one seems to know who the dogs parents are let alone the pedigree. And IMPORTS IMPORTS and more IMPORTS. You simply can not possibly keep up with it all.
Cathy Chris Gingell wrote: > Cathy wrote: > > Yes it is done to that extreme here. I was in the line up and was standing > with my dog when the handler behind me was on his knees with his dog he > moved into position in front of his dog once it was stacked and put his body > in front of my dog so my dog was completely behind him I could not move > forward because the handler in front of me was on his knees behind his dog. > so I waited until the judge looked at the dog in front of me and then I took > a step forward and placed my dog in front of the handlers body behind me so > my dog could be seen you should have heard the handler in front of me > yelling and screaming that I was blocking the judges view even thought the > judge had already finished looking at his dog. Guess he felt she needed to > look at him one more time. It was very nasty. I stayed there until the > judge finished looking at my dog then as she moved down the line I stepped > back in place behind the other handler but I did not get on my knees. This > handler continued to yell at me even after they got up and started the go > round. Finally I told him to Shut up and show his dog. I really hate the > games of intimidation some of the handlers tend to pull on others.< > > Oh Flip, that doesn't sound like fun at all. What happened to the good old > fun days in the US? Allowing for differences of opinion, IMO, more often > than not, the best dog won and not too much thought was given to > presentation (both handler and dog). Everyone seemed to have fun. I know I > did. Those who did a better job of handling often made their dogs show to > better advantage but that's fair. (Honest folks, I'm not getting back into > the kneeling -vs- standing thing). I think if there are so many problems > with judges not putting up the right dog (perceived or otherwise) then I > would be inclined not to bother trying to work out which judges not to show > to and rather concentrate on only showing to those whose opinion I did > value. If the problem is so acute that it only allows for a dog to be > shown a few times a year, Oh well, go to the show just for the day out and > the fun. This would also allow you to see whether the judges at that show > should be added to the list of those you would show to in the future That > would be far less frustrating. > > Chris. > > ========================================================= > "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. -- http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com ========================================================= "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.
