Actually after some thought I do agree. However I think that sometimes a great dog can make a good handler if the people around them in the ring will give a little help and not tear them apart or give them bad advice. I have seen other Cavalier people purposely tell a novice to strip their cavaliers coat and trim a very nice dog. I was stunned. I watched with my mouth hanging open, jaw on the floor at ringside while a novice trimmed a beautiful dog at the advice of a breeder and experienced cavalier person who knows better. And these stories can go on and on. In the ring my first year I had experienced handlers run up on me and try to crowd me out but I am a big girl and even as a novice I told them to back off. Several other things also happened to me that are similar my first year out. Actually maybe that was a good thing because now when someone comes in the ring that is inexperienced I will bend over backwards to make them feel good about what they are doing and get them introduced to the rest of the locals here so that they can get to know other people in the breed. I should state that their are some big time people out there that are very nice and that I will never forget for helping me when I first started. They probably wouldn't even remember who I was. I was just an inexperienced person trying to handle my own mediocre dog that I thought the world of. I still think she is pretty but not a good show dog and not to the breed standard. She was my first practice dog and I learned a ton. Kris Hassig MysticKnight Cavaliers MysticKnightcav@aol
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