Hunstville Kennel Club, Friday, November 8, 2013

HAVANESE
Benny - Select Dog
Selena - Best of Opposite
Judge George Milutinovich

BICHONS
Gianni - 1st in 12 -18
Nurple - Best of Breed 

Thank You Judge Faye Strauss


So what do you think about a handler that loses the breed then goes back into the ring to read the judge the riot act?  Sore loser?  You betcha!  Just because she has a multiple Best in Show dog, he had to start somewhere too.  Give it a rest, the dogs are two different types, either they like yours or they like mine, it's not like they are going to hem-haw around, it's one or the other.  

Huntsville Kennel Club, Decatur, AL Thursday November 7, 2013

HAVANESE-
Drake - 1st/ Winners Dog / Best of Winners - 5 point MAJOR
Truly
Oprah
Booty
Selena - Best of Opposite
Benny - Select Dog
Thank You Judge Kathy Bucher Sawyer
Ms. Sawyer asked for a loose lead.  Moved Selena around the ring several times with most of the other specials.  A majority of them, including the eventual breed winner was strung was up like a shih tzu.  All of our dogs were shown on a loose lead.  When getting the photo with Drake, Ms Sawyer commented on how well our all of our dogs showed on a loose lead and that Dave was the only one to do so.  We love Kathy but this was/is very confusing.

NOTE TO ALL JUDGES (AGAIN):   WHY REWARD HANDLERS WHO IGNORE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS?  Ms. Sawyer is not, by any means, the only judge to do so. We don't mind instructions and follow them as closely as possible, but if the judge issuing them doesn't follow through and penalize those who ignore the instruction, why does the judge waste their time giving them?


BICHONS
Gianni
Remy
Nurple - Select

Breed & Group Judge Dr. Dale Simmons
Well, we thought that Dr. Simmons was provisional considering his ring management and examination of the dogs.  After dumping Dave's dogs across the board, Dr. Simmons had the nerve to come up to Dave before he went in for Havanese and tell him "Well, I hope you have better luck in the Havanese ring than you did in Bichons."  Now, some people might think that was a nice thing to do, but when Dave told him that he's shown and bred top winning Bichons in Canada and the US for 30 years, and have won multiple National Specialties with his other breeds, his response was "Oh, I didn't know."  So, does that mean that if he had known, he would have gotten more awards?