if a judge is doing something that is upsetting your dog,can you ask them to stop doing that, for example, blowing in your dogs face, kissing him, or even blowing rasperry in the dogs face, and especially if it is a puppy,
carol

Absolutely!  I'm very, erm, shall we say "politely firm" with some judges when it comes to youngsters  :D  The open show is not only the ideal training ground for our younger dogs but we need to remember that it's the training ground for many inexperienced judges too ;)   If I thought on arriving at a show that a judge had a poor approach or was rough with dogs I would either not put my dog in or ask the judge to alter the approach and/or handling for my dog.

You pay for the privilege of showing your dog - don't let someone else ruin that up and coming star by inappropriate handling, gestures, noises etc.  Be polite, but convincing in your resolve :)  

wouldn't matter what level of show it was, if a judge is doing something I was unhappy with I would not let them go over my dog with out my saying something to them. If it was a pup and I thought they were not being gentle enough when checking the mouth I would show them my pups teeth myself.

Yes you can.  And why on earth would a judge be doing any of those things anyway?   I'm always calm and relaxed when going over dogs, puppies in particular.  If a judge blew a raspberry at my young bitch she'd think it was a game and probably try and nip their nose!!

Debs

I had a judge do the same thing to me yesterday with my puppy and she lost all concentration and so did I.It was only our second show and i was hoping it would be good practice on the table for manchester but im not sure what will happen now.

the judge nearly lost the end of his nose, he did a kind of rasperry rattley thing in front of my dogs nose and being an 8.5 month old feisty terrier, the judge nearly lost his nose, my dog took a dislike to him, and barked and growled etc, this was in the best puppy in show class, i was so embarrassed , when i got home and had calmed down, i just thought sorry the judge was a prat, and i have wrote the name down of the judge and will never show if he is judge and if i ever went through to bis and bpis i would not even wait to go into the class
carol

you did not happen to be up north at a show
carol

It was a toy dog show.So not the same judge i dont think.There must be more than one judge that dosnt no how to go over puppies.

I find quite a few are a bit rough with the mouths too; I show Cavaliers and a lot of judges just grab the mouth and look in without letting the dog see what they are about to do, or caring that their hands are covering the dog's eyes up, so obviously they don't like it!

Some judges are even rougher with big dogs Some  judges seem to think they can do what they like and if the dog sits down or goes to turn their head when they are poking in the mouth then they can be accused of having an iffy tempermant.
My dog would jump up and put paws on judges shoulders if the judge decided to blow raspberrys at her she,d think that the judge was up for a game of rough and tumble.
Of course there are also many many judges out there that are brilliant with young dogs and do a great job even allowing the puppy to be a puppy and not a stuffed ornament. I like judges who have a sense of fun and a nice freindly approach some just stand looking at your dog with a face of stone of course there is a difference between a good judge concentrating on the jiob in hand and one who is downright unfreindly.

I like judges who have a sense of fun and a nice freindly approach some just stand looking at your dog with a face of stone of course there is a difference between a good judge concentrating on the jiob in hand and one who is downright unfreindly.

LOL I got accused of exactly that a couple of years ago!  I can't help it if I have a face like a smacked a**e when I concentrate!! :D
I do always try and smile to the exhibitor when asking age and to move their dogs though - I just look miserable when I think :D

Debs

Peter Bailey always makes stupid noises at dogs I have no idea why.  He makes a kind of raspberry blowing noise and nearly freaked one of my dogs out.  Mind I will say when he was judging at a champ show he didnt do it and he did really apologise for doing it to her although it didnt help us as she completely went to pieces.:rolleyes: