Re: [pyrnet] Professional Handlers

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

Hi!

Thanks, everyone, for your helpful information.  :)

Chrissy


>After many years of showing our own dogs we began using a handler.  We
>began by hiring a handler for shows that we attended.  That way we did
>our own grooming and transportation and had a chance to observe the
>handler with our dogs.  It was a real eye-opener!  We found some
>handlers really did not seem to like the dogs...got the impression that
>they were so busy showing themselves off that they didn't pay attention
>to the dogs.  In one case, our dog was passed off to an assistant who
>actually set the dog up backwards!  Not until we were really comfortable
>with the handler did we let our dogs travel with them.  Still, the first
>time we let a handler groom our dog was a disaster.  We arrived at the
>show to find the whole coat was oily and gummy. Despite all these
>problems we did, in the end, find a handler that we were very happy
>with. We found that our dogs finished much faster and  probably more
>economically..
>Charlotte

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