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Be At Your Best Inside The Ring
from: The Complete DogWhile in the ring and your eyes on your dog and glancing up occasionally to see what the judge is doing, be ready for the judge to call out his placing of the dogs. If he says to you, "first," or "one," or points to you and holds up one finger, go at once to the first-place number marker in the ring. If you're showing a tiny dog, it's not a good idea to pick him up and carry him to first place. If you have a large dog and the lead has been removed, put it on him quickly and go to first place.
If the judge calls to you "Second," "Third," or "Fourth," or points to you or catches your eye and holds up two, three, or four fingers, go at once to the proper marker. This is a good time to give your dog a big pat and/or a tidbit. Let him know he's performed well and you're pleased. This is a moment he'll look forward to, this moment of glory in the ring, and he'll actually start to love the applause. However, in the beginning it may frighten him a bit, so be prepared.
If the judge doesn't advise you in some fashion that your dog has been placed in the class, leave the ring. If you want to watch what is going on, do so from the outside of the ring. If you aren't placed, you remain in the ring only if the judge specifically asks you to or if you're entered in the next class with the same dog. If that is the case, then go to the side of the ring and wait until the dogs who've been placed in this class leave the ring.
Let's assume, however, that your dog has placed in his class. If the judge has gone to his table to mark his book, or if he has his book in his hands and is writing in it, just be sure that he can see your arm band. The band may have slipped around making the number hard for him to see, so be certain to make it as easy as you can for the judge to see your number.
Before marking his book, however, if the judge should hesitate or take another look at the dogs now standing in front of the numbers one, two, three, and four, be sure to keep your dog in a show pose. If the judge hesitates, it may mean that he's not completely made up his mind and may change the placings. Once he writes down his placings in his book, he won't change them, but a class isn't considered judged until it's been written down by the judge.
If he hesitates and you're standing in front of the Number One spot with your dog in a sloppy or poor position, and the Number Two dog is looking his very best, that dog may catch the judge's eye. He could change his mind, changing you from first place to second and the second-place dog to first. If you were in fourth place and the third dog at this moment looked inferior, the judge might decide he likes your dog better and move you up to third place before marking his book.
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