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Originally Posted by yorkielady06  Also, if a handler can show anything, then what is it saying about he Judges? This happens more often than most might think I bet. Being so, where are the police to police them? Whos job it it? The AKCs? The mother clubs? The exhibitors? I say all of them. Someone has to complain to get the ball rolling.
This was years ago, but I watched a stunning Cocker in the ring, and was awed at the dog. Everyone was just staring at this guy strut his stuff. He was handled by his owner/breeder. Then a handler walks in with a Cocker that had obvious faults in the rear and not much confidence at all. But the handler is well known so guess which dog won? That was just one show I attended. I have been to about 30 in my life and that happened on about a quarter of them. |
It happened recently at one of the biggest shows of the year. A handler had sent their assistant in with the a dog into the BOB ring (ring time conflict). Well the handler finished in another breed ring and was allowed to step into the ring and take over for the assistant. The atmosphere changed completely when said handler stepped into the ring. Now keep in mind some of the most beautiful dogs were being represented in this ring. And guess which dog was put up (and the dog was so undeserving)? Yep!.....The handler and the judge were from the same geographical area and the judge knew this handler from the time the handler was a child....knew the whole family, as the handler came from a handling family. Sad, but judges like this are also contributing to poor quality breeding dogs.