No one has EVER complimented my grooming skills!! LOL I am not as lucky as you.. I've litterally had NO mentor, and the closest other yorkie person to me is 3 hours away, so I have had the cards stacked against me since the beginning..but determination is an amazing thing, and I have PLENTY of that.
My next one out will likely have to go to Trish as she will be ready before I will...but the NEXT ONE will be up to me, I've made that promise to myself, and will stand behind it. It's so difficult to be able to get away as not only do I have to trust my hubby to take care of the munchkin, I have to trust him to take care of the dogs.. he's NOT a dog person, doesn't know any of their names, much less how to care for them.. and it's not easy to try to take care of them AND Mason even for me. When I went to the KY specialty last March I actually TOOK mason (omg..I will never do that again!! lol) and all hubby had to do was feed, water, and let out the dogs every few hours...oh yes, and pick up poop! LOL I got home to find plenty of poop, and my dogs so thirsty you'd think they'd been in the desert, and I was only gone 24 hours. Apparently I needed to specify how MUCH water to give them..argh! lol One show I went to a few years ago before Mason was born and left him in charge of the dogs (this time for 2 days) I had my first litter of puppies on the ground.. mom came and went as she pleased out of the xpen as the pups were about 9 weeks old. I got home to find the top of the expen was closed.. mom was dried up, he had inadvertantly weaned my puppies for me, thank GOD he fed them and they were eating crunchy kibble well. He said he didn't know which one was the mom, they all looked alike to him... LOL (hmm.. the one crying to get in with her babies with MILK..first clue???) So I'm seriously thinking I need to find better kennel help.. lol Oh well, we all have our challenges. I will eventually overcome mine.. LOL
Becki
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Originally Posted by Brooklynn  Thank you I can say this tho....I will always finish from now on my own yorkies and not hire a handler but not to say I won't hire one to special one until I get known in the ring and my face gets out there when I do finish my own or others dogs. It's just a goal I have and I know I will achieve in time and with patience Like I said I am still learning and growing and still have lots of knowledge to gain. I have wonderful people here to help me learn and encourage me and one is Kay Joiner and she takes time to explain to me what I need to look for and I guess one of the best compliments I've gotten from her was she loved my grooming skills LOL coming from her that's a HUGE compliment I think 
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