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Originally Posted by topknot I know what you mean about taking pictures. I was at a show and my hubby took a picture of me in the ring -when a was waiting for the last one to finish their turn on the table - and your have your yorkie in their stance position on the floor for the judge to finish with that one and take that final look at the line up - well I was holding too much hair in my grip (while holding the tail) and made the back look weird. I know not to do that again. From now on we take pictures at home and practice table stances and floor stances as well as free sanding poses to see if everything is right. The digital cameras are great since you are not wasting any film.
I also use a mirror in my groom room and practice on the table with them too. This way I can also check using the mirror.
With treats - you do have to know the dog. Most of mine do great with the liver treats. But one - no way! She would be going crazy looking for more treats and checking the floor and jumping too - if I had shown her a treat while in the ring. So no treats for her - hand signals and voice commands work best for her.
I hate it when people leave treats (crumbs) all over the runway in the rings!! What a way to get your dog off focus. I practice too at home with treats here and there on our practice runway - so they learn to leave the treats on the ground. But boy, is this hard to train.
Shirley - good luck!! I hope you have a baby soon. Must be real soon if you are buying stuff!! Hummmmm?
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When I started going to dog shows and before I started handling, I use to wonder why you'd see handlers in the ring sweating.......well once in the ring I figured it out......it's not as easy as it looks.....presenting a dog to it's best advantabe is not easy, especially when you're trying to be a backdrop, knowing your dog well enough so that you can sense what they're going to do before they do it and make the correction without anyone seeing it.....
I think the toughest thing for me was to learn keep my hands still and off the dog and let the dog show itself