Here is my take on handling....I personally do not believe in putting a 6 month old puppy with a handler. I believe and this is just how I believe and do things and that is I wouldn't give or take a yorkie as a client or to a handler unless they were ready to win. I don't think it's fair for the client or owner to be out that much expense on a puppy. I as a owner handler, I will take out a puppy in the ring for experience and if we win then great but as I'm just now getting into handling I offer advise to put a yorkie with a handler when they are ready to win. Now with saying that...I wouldn't expect the handler to just put the dog out in a show without training the yorkie first and seeing how dog and human are going to mesh. That might take a month or two to be as one.
Again, this is how I see it and wouldn't waste my money on a handler unless my dog was ready to win and I as a handler wouldn't take a dog unless it was ready to win.
JMHO,
Donna Bird
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