[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What ever happened to good sportsmanship???
- From: "Joan Fox" <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 23:32:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
HI Laurie,
I guess this might be why I am never asked to judge in your area?
ROTFLMAO
Joan
-------Original Message-------
From: Laurie Pruett
Date: 10/5/2008 11:03:23 PM
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] What ever happened to good sportsmanship???
I attended 3 specialties this weekend and, at each one, I witnessed poor
sportmanship by 3 different well-known handlers. No wonder the entries in
our sport continue to dwindle:
Show #1: handler whose very nice animal is not in contention in the class
refuses to move his animal with the rest of the class, telling the judge
when asked that his animal doesn't need any more practice.
Show #2: handler whose animal loses in close competition in winners to
another animal removes the leash from his animal and stuffs a toy in the dog
s mouth and shows her that way during competition for reserve.
Show #3: handler whose dog was beaten in the class tells the judge that the
other dog hasn't beaten him all weekend - giving the judge info that he
shouldn't have and disadvantaging the class winner in WD competition.
We all prefer to win and often, sometimes rightly and sometimes wrongly,
think we should win, but a sense of "entitlement" should not translate into
rude and disrespectful behavior towards a judge in the ring. It leaves a
sour taste in the mouths of both spectators and exhibitors. At least it did
me and many others who witnessed these incidents this weekend.
BTW - there were no negative consequences for any of these handlers. IMO -
there should have been. Those of you who are judges - how do you handle
incidents like this is your ring?
Laurie Pruett
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