Conformation Judges · Are You Helping Or Hurting? – Part 2

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228 – October, 2024

By Sandy Weaver

Last month a conversation about judges helping exhibitors show their dogs better overflowed from Facebook into these pages. So many people had strong feelings about it that in order to fit them all, it needed to be two articles instead of just one. Last month exhibitors had their say–this month it’s the judges and ring stewards who weigh in on the topic.

Again, here’s the Cliffs Notes version of what happened in the show ring:

Two exhibitors competing for Winners Dog, one handled by an experienced person, one by a newcomer to conformation handling. Judge sent them on their go-around, stopped them part of the way around to give instructions to the novice handler, then had them finish the go-around. The novice handler was awarded WD. The experienced person felt that the handling instruction should have happened when the novice handler won the class that gave him entrée to Winners, not in the middle of the Winners competition. The experienced handler had no issue with the placements, just felt disrespected and ignored by the judge.

What do the judges and stewards have to say about giving handling help to exhibitors?

Judges

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228 – October, 2024

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