Some friends of mine may be coming down from Maryland for the weekend shows, and if they do, I'm hoping to get up there. Be glad to help however I can. I remember quite clearly when I was an absolute beginner. Best advice I can give you as a beginner is to see if your local kennel club offers conformation handling classes and enroll when you get your yorkie. Sometimes a professional handler living in the area, will also offer handling classes. Then take your yorkie to matches to get them use to the environment and having a judge go over them. Practice at home setting them up on a table, and have someone check their bites, feel legs, etc. Practice the different gaiting motions in the ring. Some judges do down and back, other prefer a triangle. Lots of Luck, Barb
