Exhibitors Prayers

[Ickle]

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Subject: Exhibitors Prayer


EXHIBITOR'S PRAYER

Dear Protector of Dogs and Fools:

When that intelligent, hardworking, honest judge finally sees what I see in
this dog I've worked so hard and long with, help me to accept my win with
grace and dignity.

And, when that blind, clueless idiot -- I mean, judge -- somehow fails to
see what a fine job we've done, (well, at least better than the so-and-so he
placed ahead of us!), help me to accept my defeat with some of that same
grace and dignity.

Lord, you alone know how I've sweated blood over this dog, the hours I've
spent getting her ready (and, Lord, are any of them ever ready?)

You (and probably only you!) understand why I've spent good money on this
animal.....money I could have spent on lots of other things ---- things that
just might have afforded me a little more pleasure and a lot less
frustration.

Lord, tolerate my disappointment when I lose, and help me keep it all in
perspective.

Help me remember that when some dog show judge gives me the gate, it's not
as if St. Peter just gave me those pearly ones.

Lord, clear my eyes and help me see, before I open my big mouth, that the
so-and-so with the cow-hocked, pony-gaited dink walking out of the ring
ahead of me is actually a fellow exhibitor who has also worked hard, maybe
even sweated blood over his dog too, and probably deserves to enjoy this
moment to its fullest while it lasts.

Lord, you know there are sometimes -- but not nearly as often as I tend to
suppose when I lose -- such ugly things as Politics, Prejudice, and
Unethical Practices, which may cause my dog to get beaten unfairly --
sometimes.

Help me, then, to remember that several wrongs won't ever make a right, and
that none of the wrongs gives me an excuse to act like an idiot.

You know I'm a competitor, Lord; I make no bones about that.

I love to win and I hate to get beat.

There are few things more abhorrent to me, Lord, than placing sixth out of
six.

If I didn't love to compete, I'd stay home and knit afghans.

But then, there are probably Afghan shows, and people who hire professional
knitters with high-tech knitting machines, and most likely there are afghan
show judges who raise sheep whose wool goes into some of the winningest
Afghans, and there I'd be -- still frustrated, still getting beat, and
without a dog to share half the blame.

This year, Lord, help me to have a little more faith in my fellow dog folks,
and for Heaven's sake, help me win, or lose, with a little class.

Amen[/b]
Ickle

[kendalyn]

:lol: :lol: I don't show dogs, but it's still pretty funny! :lol: :lol:

[imported_Kat]

lol it means so much more now that Meg and I have started show handling. Best to do Obedience or Agility then its the brains of the dog tested (and the handler!!), although there are still "politics"in the obed and agility circles too unfortunately :roll:

[abker17]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[mouseatthebusstop]

Yes I have been in the show ring I did find it very funny---
it made mr think of what I saw on a breeders site
[size=6][color=blue]A young boy was about to enter the junior handlers class he was over heard saying to his dog don't be dissappointed if we do not win the judge does not know you as well as I do[/color][/size]

[imported_Kat]

sod what the judge thinks. We know that we always take home the best dog at the end of the day :wink: