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Originally Posted by lksdolls BamaFan............I've agreed with your posts. Yes, I agree that there is much more to it than just a beauty contest, but when you have 10 or 20 dogs competing with equal "total" packages, bottom line, it boils down to a beauty contest. Everyone assumes that I view the entire process as nothing more than a beauty contest. That is not what think nor what I've said. It's the bottom line. Big difference.  |
Unless you are the judge, you have no way of knowing that the 10 or 20 dogs have equal total packages. When there are several good dogs in the ring, the judges job is much harder, but they go over every dog for all the points of the standard, and spectators may not see all the judge sees. You may see several dogs that look great to you, but you don't see what kind of bite they have, or feel their top line to make sure it is straight, and not just fluffed up hair, or check their stance to see that their legs are not bowed, and check their movement. There is much, much more than the looks of a pretty dog. Each judge has their idea of what makes up the perfect standard of the breed, and their idea may not be the same as yours. When a breeder/handler wins over the other dogs, and especially those that are with handlers, you absolutely know you have a pretty good dog, because professional handlers are hard to beat. You not only know you have a good dog to start your breeding program, but you also feel pretty good too.