Great post Barbara...Here in the North East,  if a person has a "good specimen" (so love it) finishing the dog is not a big problem...It's mostly in the BOB and Groups that the handlers take over.  JMO

 

Thank you, Barbara!  Things I've been wanting to say and haven't. 

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Barbara A. Boka wrote:
> Ok, the this thread is just telling it like it is..........Yes, judges put
> up pro handlers, they solicit assignments, and even make sure when a semi
> pro is on the dog, one particular judge asked,
> You are showing for someone else, right??   That judge just does not get
> another entry and when all he has in the ring are the pros, then he must
> choose whose feathers to stroke.  Also, we do have judges who put up the
> good dogs, regardless of who is showing, If you have a good specimen, the
> dog will finish, but it may take longer.  I have had gsps since 1968 and
> finished my first bitch rather quickly.........It was not as bad back
> then..........BUT.............the judges would very rarely put up a bitch
> for the breed at least that is not the case today.  Some judges just don't
> bother to study the standard.  My usual course of action is if the judge is
> rude.........never enter again, if he gives me a good look and I place, I
> try again, Occasionally, they get three strikes.........We must remember, we
> are paying for their opinion, we might like it and then again, we may not/
>
> Barbara
>

Phyllis McNall
Singltrak Shorthairs
AKC Breeder of Merit
Las Cruces, NM
"Look To 'the Past, Breed For The Future"


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