“IF YOUR DOG DOES BETTER AS A FOLLOWER, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FORCED TO BE FIRST IN LINE.”
The day you say, “If Buffy doesn’t do something today, off to a pet home she goes!” she wins a five-point major. Of course, she never wins another point and all the pet homes have fallen off the face of the earth. 16 12 17 13 18 14 19 15 20 11 And, we all know about the now neutered puppy we sold as a pet and the littermate we kept as a show prospect. If your dog does better as a follower, you will always be forced to be first in line. And, of course, if your dog does best at the front of the line, someone will have al- ready beaten you there. The judge you didn’t enter under because he hates you/ your dogs/your new hair style/whatever draws an overload and your favorite judge in the entireworld picks up the overload.
Whenever the Group judge is one who adores your dog, the Breed judge will be the one who told you to “pet your dog out.” (But, if you don’t enter, refer to Rule 15.)
A particular judge always puts up the dog for Best of Winners unless YOUR dog goes Winners Dog and there is only a major in bitches.
When you enter a small show that normally has no Specials, five of the Top Ten dogs in the country will be there.
If you do win an easy Breed at PoDunk, NoWhere, you will then learn that a dozen top dogs and their handlers have flown in from the furthest corners of the country and they’re all in the Toy Group. If you win the Group, you will discover that the BIS judge’s all-time favorite dog has just won its Group, and the BIS judge has already given it several BIS.
T op N otch T oys , D ecember 2021 • 29
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