I forgot to check the dates on these postings so I might need to apologize for stirring an old pot!! I read Pat's post and she and I know of a great little champion, Beau, who was a good rep of the breed standard but showed against equally excellent confirmed dogs. So what made him such a winner? He would look up at the judge when stacked on the table and look as if he understood every word the judge uttered AND had a "PICK ME!! OOH, OOH PICK ME!" temperment. That boy would have still been in the starting gate (possibly) if he had been lacking in either attribute!! |