[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V4 #1750
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From: "Robert Dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: All is fair when you double (was: doubling dogs done
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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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
>
Just a thought: about how things change, over a long time...when my
Husband and I were Handling GS'S.AND OTHER BREEDS, .. if you were EVER
caught
with someone, anyone, outside the ring getting your dog's attention,
deliberately...you answered to an AKC REP!!!
As did the ONE who was Double-Handling or suspected of such and you were
brought up on charges..
It was ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED, NO WAY, NO HOW!!!!!!!!
I remember Ruth Schriefer, My Mentor telling me when I started Handling,
'Just remember this... The term PRO HANDLER means that you are a Professional
and being Paid to exhibit that dog at it's VERY BEST!!. SO...it is up to
YOU,.
and YOU alone to train and present that Dog , in it's Best Light..
If you can't do it, let the owners find someone who can!! "
Also... Not every Shepherd or Show-Dog is a Natural Born Showman...
We used to select only the Show Ones , as pups, to bring along, who were
Naturals... Now...Anything goes.
.But I always believed that the BEST of the BEST Pro Handlers, were those
who could get inside a Dog's head and get the Best from that Dog..
It started with Jack McMahon , many years ago...and today, I give all
credit to Jim Moses. and a few others.....
These Handlers have that Mystical Magic that sets them apart..and that
unknown quality to which the dogs they present, naturally respond..
They were and are the" Amazing Puppet-Masters."..
They need no crazy antics by the owners, taking place outside the ring...
As they are Masters of their Craft.
That is what a True Pro Handler actually is..to me..
The ones who need and depend upon the owners or surrogates to pull Rabbits
out of Hats to get the attention of the dogs they handle....are not TRUE
PRO'S..
But then, so many Shepherds today, who truly lack that natural SHOWMANSHIP,
are being molded by Owners and Handlers and Unbelievable
Double-Handling... JMO. Barb Williams
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