But I have also seen all very nice dogs and the one that was showy won. All were equal in quality, but one just shined that day.
What I was talking about in presentation of how you handle the dog is like I did - it was totally a bad day - my dog looked great, but I could not hear the judge's direction and went ahead before she was ready. And was called back. She then preceeded to tell everyone how I messed her up on her speech. She then told me all the way through the ring that I didn't probably know I could do this or that. What an experience. It was I that made the mistake. I have learned that if you cannot hear - tell them and ask them to repeat. We were in a huge arena with a lot of noise which echoed off the building. Here I messed up my dog. She did great - I was the one that messed up. you think well that should not matter since the dog did well, but in my case it did and I had others confirm it that were there.
You just don't know what will happen from one show to another. A lot depends on many different things: different judges, dogs in the rings, handlers, weather, away or local shows, inside/outside shows, number of dogs, show building, etc... we can go on and on. |