[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: avoidance for showing teeth
- From: <almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:57:21 -0500
you are right i have a 7 month old male puppy that went to his first show at
6 months........
the judge did the temp test (he was a-ok) and immediately grabbed for his
mouth and it was a struggle..........when he went back in for best
puppy...........that same judge came up to him and he backed his head
away,,,,,this is a sound puppy,,,,,,,,i could see this puppy's wheels
turning and knew immediately he was pissed about the struggle with the
teeth.
At 6 months some of these pups mouths are still sore and you are
right,,,,,,,sometimes they do not forget this attitude towards this first
experience...............
Amy Safdir
Almanya Shepherds
www.almanyagsd.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:35 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] avoidance for showing teeth
> >At the Eukanuba show, it was mentioned that Dermot=20
>>had been pinched in the mouth by a judge during a mouth exam in a =
> previous=20
>>show. He shied then. He now is quite "gun shy" about anyone coming =
> near his=20
>>mouth. It was also hoped that it would be something he would "get over" =
> and it=20
>>would not continue to occur. He is not a shy dog. Just around his =
> mouth. =20
>>And, as was seen, he was his good ol' self the whole time. At that =
> level of=20
>>competition, this could cost him plenty, no matter the reason. It is =
> after=20
>>all, a DOG SHOW!
>
> This happens to be one of my pet peeves. It is so easy for our very smart
> =
> German Shepherd puppies to learn to be head shy because of our loose lead
> =
> temperament tests. So many judges reach first for the head to touch for =
> temperament purposes and then go right to the teeth. Our youngsters have
> =
> sensitive mouths for quite a bit of their first year of life and are not =
> always happy to have their mouths examined. The head ducking is often a =
> learned response. Our adults aren't stupid either. For example, the week
> =
> before the Oregon national I had an all-breed judge go down my 12-18 month
> =
> bitch's throat to look at her teeth. She didn't like it much (and I can't
> =
> blame her) and remembered it well for quite while afterwards. =20
> Luckily Rita Sandell was smart enough to know the difference and tested =
> her temperament again, concluding that she was fine and placed her in the
> =
> class at the national. That was My My - this year's RWB at the national =
> and a happy, sound dog. But I did have to work with her for several =
> months after the incident (Trotter was the judge I believe) with the =
> teeth. I can totally sympathize with Dermot, his handler, and his owners.
> =
> Some judges seem unaware of the damage they they can do to otherwise =
> sound (but not stupid) show dogs.
>
> Laurie
>
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