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Originally Posted by Mardelin  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. |
I was at a show last year and was watching the corgis, austrailian sheps and another breed and that judge picked a pro handler every time. Not one owner handler got anything even though in most of the cases the owner/handler dogs were better. I finally got up a left.
One small way breeders can get the point across to these type of judges is to not enter under them.