sented and the way they were looked after, not the numbers of groups or Bests in Show they had won. So, what is my point? If you read the comments it looks like everyone is disappointed in the current situation in the dog world; the beginners because they think they can’t win because of the famous handlers, some judges because they can’t understand why always the same faces are judging the big shows, experienced exhibitors because they see a lot of corruption and huge decrease in the quality of judging and dogs exhibited. Everyone is disappointed. And no one is ready to do anything because if you start to do something immediately there is a drama. If you have noticed I didn’t write any articles last year for any magazines as I thought that I will not be able to talk about the moon and the stars when I think everything is literally going to hell. I have been following many topics during the year – tragedies in which two handlers lost a big number of dogs, hundreds of videos of exhibitors treating badly the dogs inside and outside of the rings, different videos of judges doing all kind of strange things. There was a drama almost every week. And people have completely lost their minds. There is no culture of conversation, no one wants to talk about arguments, and everyone thinks others should think how they think. I have never felt as disenchanted with the dog world and with dog people as I was last year. I have always been a person who was on the side of justice. I never wanted to be a God or the one who will say what is wrong or right. I think there are always institutions and people who have gone to schools to decide on different matters. I am not the one to say this is correct or this is not. That doesn’t mean I don’t have my opinion. But I can also survive if someone proves me my opinion is wrong. We have lost a lot of important dog people last year. But we still didn’t learn anything. We still don’t understand life is a strange thing. One day you are here, the next you are gone. Now suddenly everyone is a bigger dog lover than the other one, better breeder than the other one, better judge than the other one. People give comments and opinions on everything. They are evil, bad, they want to hurt, they revenge, and they want to destroy other peo190
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ple. I have not been raised like that. I was raised to listen, to exchange opinions, to learn the facts before I speak. I am not crucifying anyone to feel important. I have made mistakes, I am not an angel. I learned that tragedies can happen. I learned to be sorry for lost lives. I learned to be sorry for the pain people are feeling for different reasons. I have never been happy because something bad happened to someone I don’t like or who has caused me pain. I am thinking who are young people who are going to be mentors and legends like some people we lost were to us? I am thinking why people enjoy seeing other people suffering? I can’t understand why the people attack always the ones who are weak, why they never want to learn the facts, support and help. I have read so many comments about the tragedy that happened in Italy last year. I have seen old friends turning their backs on each other because one didn’t unfriend another one on Facebook. I have seen people asking to forbid the summer shows, to forbid the handlers, to punish the judges who are putting up the dogs shown by certain people but in the same time saying it is sad that judges are putting up the dogs only because they are shown by some people. But I have seen only a few trying to understand what happened and really trying to ensure that something like that never happens again. People were writing rules with no sense, speaking badly about all the handlers and judges, show organizers and so on. Why? Why do we always need to be our own worst enemies? I saw a week ago a video of a famous Russian breeder being harsh with her own dog outside of the ring. I don’t know what happened before, I don’t know if the video was true, or was it case of photos and videos being extremely well prepared specifically to crucify someone. I am against everything that can hurt the dogs. But can I find an excuse for the people who without knowing the facts write comments like “ hope she will get cancer” under the video – no, I can’t. The never ending story with the WDS in China was another hot topic, again with people taking sides and being rude without knowing the facts. I am not into politics and I didn’t vote for or against the WDS in China. I am sure there is not ONE dog person in the world who can find an ex-