[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: All is fair when you double (was: doubling dogs done right)
- From: "Robert Dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <marhaven@xxxxxxx>, <InquestGSD@xxxxxxx>, <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx>, <lfossland@xxxxxxx>, <onaluzlead@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:28:57 -0500
Who started all this rediculous double handling anyway????? Yup I know and
so do all of you! Sandi
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From: "Carolyn" <marhaven@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: All is fair when you double (was: doubling dogs
done right)
>I have it down to a FINE ART FORM Ileanna.
> With the two that we are starting to show right now...........I just stand
> somewhere out of sight
> and occasionally when our handler appears to be about ready for oxygen
> ......I make a quick
> appearance to say to the dogs..........easy... EASY............EASY!!!!
> Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx
> www.marhaven.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx
>
>
> This is a great topic.Doubling is an art form, no doubt about that.
>
> You have to consider doubling in all conditions and for all
> situations..........when training, at all breeds, at specialties, at the
> National, when you
> think the judge is watching, when the handler is mouthing
> obscenities....in
> all kinds of weather, with and without umbrellas......yikes, I am tired
> just
> thinking about it.
>
> Equipment is necessary when doubling.....you have to wear something very
> loud, so your aging handler can find you, and you have to have at hand
> all the
> essentials: toys, bells, towels, cats, food, a kid here and there, and
> the
> best one ever, an ex husbands toupe. Try that, and not laughing your
> heart
> out.
>
> Then you need a doubler for the original doubler, someone to translate
> what
> everyone else wants them to do.
>
> And..........you are not allowed to injure anyone while doubling. That,
> in
> and on itself, is a challenge. There goes your opportunity to knock the
> lights out of someone you cant stand.
>
> Of course temperament is better in the breed, imagine all these dogs
> dealing
> with this craziness and maintaining their sanity. We have found the cure
> for
> bad temperament and were not even aware of it. Doubling!!! Kudos to all
> the
> German Shepherd people!!!!
>
> Now Carolyn wants us to get special treat for the handlers. Like we
> don't
> have enough problems already.....Can you imagine???? Jerry and Bill are
> going to want Starbucks, and then you have to hold the cup without
> spilling it
> while they run around with your dog ( can you hear the meter
> ticking.....$....$....$.....) Greg wants Popeye and Cajun.....George
> wants Italian.....where
> does it stop?????
>
> How about.....we teach the dogs to come all the way around, and we are at
> the exit when they come out to celebrate them for putting up with our
> foolishness? I think a lot of dogs will be happier that way. A happy
> dog always
> looks better.
>
> But then, what do we do for fun at ringside? Watching doublers is a
> true joy. <G>
>
> Ileana
>
>
>
>
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