[DazzlinYT]

Originally Posted by bchgirl

I would think if you didn't "need" to have a tight lead, it would show how well your dog was trained. But want do I know....

Thought of something...maybe some do the head up tight lead to keep the dog from looking down and sniffing....must be a lot of good "dog smells" at a dog show....LOL.

ESPECIALLY when you are showing in a horse arena! Ohhh how they love to sniff the horsie poo! LOL You have to have one well trained kiddo to keep those heads up then. I showed a puppy a few years back in a horse arena, and you would have thought it was a tracking event with the way she kept her nose to the ground, I didn't want to jerk her head up..so we just looked stupid instead, LOL.. oh well, not the first time, won't be the last.. hehe