[ SHOWGSD-L ] Bad Judges - Bad Results
- From: "Kathaleen Strong" <inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:40:56 -0800
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From: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Helen Franklin
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:58 PM
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Bad Handlers - Bad Results
A bad handler can ruin a dog. Taking a dog too fast, not noticing when the
dog is pacing, leaving too much space between dogs, handling on the wrong
side between the judge and the dog, not grooming or seeing dog is groomed,
wrong collar and leash, putting collar to high and raising the dog up in the
front, not stacking the dog well, trying to cover up missing teeth, bringing
the judge what he/she doesn't like, getting angry or snippy with judge, not
paying attention to what's happening in the ring, wearing clothes that
interfer with outline of dog, (black dog, black pants & shirt), calling
judge on phone BEFORE assignment, and so on.........
Helen
Unfortunately, a bad handler should be the least of the worries of an
exhibitor, IF the judge is actually judging dogs. As the judge they can
strongly request that the dog is exhibited the way they want to see them.
If the bad handler can't figure that out, and the judge knows a fiddlers fig
about a good dog or a bad dog, they will tell the handler loud enough for
the other exhibitors to hear, that they want to see the dog they want to see
it for a REASON.
Nothing is worse than a bad judge -- egomaniacs who get hold of the
microphone and make stupid comments, those who snippy with the exhibitors,
disregarding good dogs without first gaiting them enough to determine their
actual quality, forgetting to examine teeth, testicles, etc., calling the
handlers on the phone before the show, not paying close enough attention to
the dogs only in the ring instead of who's dog is it is on the end of the
lead or who normally is on the end of the lead, hugging and thumping on dogs
they have no business getting that personal with, giving critiques that mean
nothing -- like a 2 line critique that doesn't say a word about the dog's
good and bad points but elaborates on the dog's relatives, putting up dogs
who display on more than one occasion unsoundness, especially in seasoned
older dogs who should know better by the time they are 4 or 5, not
controlling their ring and letting the dogs go too fast and not demanding a
loose lead, and so on.
When a bad handler repeatedly does a bad job, the smart exhibitor will get a
different handler. Unfortunately when a bad judge does a bad job, the
winners will tout how great the judge is, the losers will be labeled "sour
grapes" and the ones who can't figure out why they just blew several
thousand dollars can only console themselves with tears, beers or jeers.
Kathaleen
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