Hi, Laura,
I, too, speculate on this one. I have had and shown both sorts of
temperament and it shocked me that the nervous, excited, "can't wait to
get this over with" exhibit was adored by the judges, while with the
calm, workmanlike, quietly wag-your-tail kinda guy we get told that
"he's unhappy". He's NOT unhappy, he is not shutting down or any other
euphamism for "shy"......he approaches the judge (and anyone else who
may be in the vicinity) to greet them and wag his tail. He just dosen't
charge around nervously. He is workmanlike and relaxed about it all.
That doesn't get him attention..........
I think there are a VERY few exhibits who are calm AND "strut their
stuff". However, I think a good number of the "showy" dogs are nervous
and want to get out of there! <G>
Suze
Laura Trunk wrote:
>
> I've seen a few conformation Cavaliers who seem to have a wonderful *show*
> temperament, who fit this description too. Many dogs who appear to have
> very showy temperaments act much like they are a bundle of nerves.
> Sometimes I wonder if a truly confident dog who is not the slightest bit
> nervous in the ring could or would ever appear to have an extremely showy
> temperament.
>
--
Suze at Llawen Cavaliers
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to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica
"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear
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