JUST JUDY’S THOUGHTS:
CYBER TRAINING FOR JUNIOR HANDLING
by Judy Thompson
I have three young granddaughters who are all smitten with my Papil- lons. All three are just itching to get into the Conformation ring and handle a dog. They all live on Long Island, where I spent most of my life, but I have since moved to Florida, over 1,300 miles away from them. When the oldest, Claire Paetzel, turned nine and was eligible for Ju- nior Handling, I was able to spend some time with her preparing for her first dog show. She had lots of prac- tice time with my Papillon. She was well prepared and did a wonderful job handling her very first time out. Recently, when a second granddaugh- ter, Hannah Lahey, turned nine I reg- istered her as a Junior Handler and entered her in the Ladies’ Kennel As- sociation of America dog show inOys- ter Bay, Long Island. Unfortunately, this time I was not able to spend any time on Long Island before the day of the show to help Hannah pre- pare. She had worked with my Papil- lon, Sunny, in Florida a few months prior when she came to visit during a school holiday, but that was not very recent. I was not sure how much she would remember. What to do?My first thought was to go to my favorite source for information: www.youtube.com I am an artist and
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