Joined
·
15,660 Posts
all the judging thread got me to thinking of an incident that happened about a decade ago at a field trial..the scenario went like this :
a national named pro was running the Open and executed a double blind with about a total of four whistles..the gallery broke into a big and well deserved ovation for a job well done
the following contestant, an unknown amateur stepped up and proceeded to line BOTH blinds with his young dog...the gallery was silent, the only one who clapped was the training partner of the handler, said training partner who was no stranger to the National spotlight, even admonished the gallery for failing to acknowledge the good dog work, much to the embarrassment of the handler
the point being : do you really know what GOOD dog work is, and do you acknowledge that work even if you may not know or even care for the team that executed that work..I know from a personal standpoint when I attend FT's I look for familiar faces so I can watch their work, but when I see a dog step on a set of marks or line or do a 1 whistle blind,I like to let that person know how much I enjoyed their work...gotten to know a lot of strangers that way
There is more to a FT besides the dogs that got ribbons at the end of the trial
a national named pro was running the Open and executed a double blind with about a total of four whistles..the gallery broke into a big and well deserved ovation for a job well done
the following contestant, an unknown amateur stepped up and proceeded to line BOTH blinds with his young dog...the gallery was silent, the only one who clapped was the training partner of the handler, said training partner who was no stranger to the National spotlight, even admonished the gallery for failing to acknowledge the good dog work, much to the embarrassment of the handler
the point being : do you really know what GOOD dog work is, and do you acknowledge that work even if you may not know or even care for the team that executed that work..I know from a personal standpoint when I attend FT's I look for familiar faces so I can watch their work, but when I see a dog step on a set of marks or line or do a 1 whistle blind,I like to let that person know how much I enjoyed their work...gotten to know a lot of strangers that way
There is more to a FT besides the dogs that got ribbons at the end of the trial