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Originally Posted by lwolfe  That is the reason why I love showing terriers- attitude. |
OMG does he have that...lol...he makes me smile. Now since we started trainng anytime I call him he comes running...free stacks himself and look up like...what mom? lol I love it! Next month I am going to take them to a couple fun matches at our first UKC show.
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Originally Posted by lwolfe Speaking of Terriers, I was reading a vintage book I bought at the show last week and it gives directions on how to spare. I sometimes forget that judges can ask our breed to spare during the judging process. I wish more of them would. They are so beautiful when they are free stacked, alert and standing their ground! It would also "out" the dogs that handlers have to pull together in a forced stack and string up to give the illusion of decent movement. |
We do practice this at our classes, the couple that puts on our classes has been in dogs for years!!! It really paints a lovely picture of a beautiful dog! The even judge with canes, walkers, big sun hats, sunglasses...etc...to help them be able to accept anything!