There are many ways to show a dog.  Styles and customs of each country and each breed vary.  One of the many qualities that a good handler must have is to adapt – adapt to the weather circumstances, the size of the ring, humor of the dog, etc..  In the USA it is estimated that the judge has 2.5 minutes to evaluate each dog.  What does this mean?  It means that judging is an ephemeral and fleeting process that does not give room for second chances. That is why the handler must adapt to any problem and circumstance in no more than two seconds.  If his dog begins to gallop, he must decrease the speed immediately.  If his dog gets scared by something, it must be calmed as quickly as possible. Another of the qualities of a good handler is to be "invisible". I like to describe it as background music that accompanies the speaker, which in this case is our dog.  The attention should be focused on our speaker, the dog, and the volume of this music should be very, very low. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to use an invisible leash? Well, of course, but we … Sigue leyendo Leads on or Leads off