1st                  Rebecca Allberti              Very Promising

 Rebecca’s handling displayed a very high level of general control.  Timing of her commands and adjustments was very good, with excellent voice inflection.  Excellent positive attitude and keeping pace with the most difficult and externally distracted dog in the class enabled Rebecca to show her discipline and high skills.  This resulted in good responses form her testing dog during movement and a beautiful set-up in stance, showing strong ability for teamwork and overall presentation.  Rebecca has given a very, very promising performance, so congratulations on winning first place.

 2nd                Alice Hrvatin                    Very Promising

 Alice’s handling showed a very good level of general control.  Her commands and corrections timing was very good, with very good voice inflection.  An excellent positive application and keeping pace with her challenging dog, allowed Alice to show her aptitude and high skills.  Resulting from this were good responses from her dog when moving and a very good set-up in stance, showing sound ability for teamwork and overall presentation.  Alice has given a very steady and very promising performance, my congratulations on achieving second place.

 3rd (equal)      Isabella De Lucia             Very Promising

 Isabella’s handling showed a very good level of general control.  Timing of her commands and physical fine-tuning was very good, with quite good voice inflection.  The excellent positive attitude and keeping pace with her head-strong dog, allowed Isabella to show her capacity and developing skills.  Resulting from this were good responses from her dog when moving and a good set-up in stance, showing sound potential for teamwork and overall presentation.  Isabella has given an attentive, steady and very promising performance, well done with sportsmanship on gaining equal third place.

 Amber’s handling showed a quite good level of general control and incomparable endeavour from the distinctly youngest competitor in this class.  Determination and timing of her commands and corrections was very good, with strong and caring voice inflection.  With excellent positive attitude and keeping pace with her challenging dog and double-handler Dad (aka Jamie), allowed Amber to show her desire and potential to develop skills.  Resulting from this were good responses from her dog in movement and a well attempted set-up in stance, showing much willpower for teamwork and overall presentation.  Amber has given a very promising performance, my congratulations on making equal third place.

 Jess’s handling displayed a very high level of general control and ability, with a confidence and communication skill on breed individual differences.  Timing of his commands and handling adjustments was very good, with excellent voice inflection.  Excellent positive attitude and keeping pace with his dog, allowed Jess to show his discipline and high ability.  This resulted in very good responses from his dog during movement and a very good set-up in stance, showing strong skills in teamwork and overall presentation.  Jess gave a very, very promising performance.  Congratulations go to Jess on winning the class as first placegetter, I see him as a good chance of winning if in a large class, on a future occasion.

 Nicole’s handling showed a significantly high level of general control, skills and ability.  She presented a distinct self confidence and excellent skill at show handling.  The very good timing of her commands and handling adjustments to her dog were done with excellent voice inflection.  With a notable positive attitude and keeping pace with her dog, this allowed Nicole to show her highly disciplined skills and high ability.  Very good responses from her dog whilst gaiting and an excellent set-up in stance, showed significant skills in teamwork and correct overall presentation.  Nicole gave an especially highly skilled performance, so congratulations go to Nicole on first place in a very, very competitive class that contained 6 top handlers.

 Olivia’s handling showed a very high level of general control, skills and ability.  She presented an open self confidence and excellent skill at show handling.  Her commands and handling adjustments were done with excellent voice inflection and very good timing.  With a very positive attitude and being in unison with her dog, enabled Olivia to show her very disciplined ability and high skill level.  The very good responses from her dog during gaiting and an excellent set-up in stance, showed great skills in teamwork and overall presentation.  Olivia gave a particularly high skilled performance, so my best wishes go to Olivia’s future handling and for her second place in this very competitive class of 6 top handlers.

 Joy’s handling showed a very high level of general control, skills and ability.  She displayed good self confidence and excellent skill at show handling.  Her excellent voice inflection, commands and handling corrections were all done with very good timing.  Joy’s very positive attitude and synchronization with her dog allowed Joy to show her well disciplined ability and high skill levels.  Positive responses from her dog in movement and an excellent set-up in stance, showed so many skills in teamwork and overall presentation.  Joy gave a very highly skilled performance, so one can see Joy’s dog handling future blossoming with experience.  Well done to Joy, she competed so well for second place and achieved a very creditable third place amongst a group of top class handlers.

 Renae’s handling showed a high level of general control with good skills and much potential.  The timing of her commands and handling adjustments was very good, with effective voice inflection.  With excellent positive attitude and keeping in unison with her sometimes distracted dog enabled Renae to display her natural ability and high skills.  Resulting from this were very good responses from her dog at the gait and a very good set-up in stance.  Renae has shown very sound ability for teamwork and overall presentation.  She has show herself to be very skillful, with vast natural ability and capable of top handling performances.  Best wishes to Renae for future show handling assignments and gaining fourth place from amongst some of the best Senior Child Handlers at the national level in 2008.

 Tina’s handling showed a very good level of general control, good skills and a lot of potential.  Her commands and timing of corrections to her dog was very good, with very good voice inflection.  Showing very positive attitude, good application of skills and keeping pace with her testing dog, allowed Tina to show her great aptitude and ability.  Resulting from this were good responses from her dog when moving and a very good set-up in stance, despite the dog’s restlessness.  She showed a sound ability for teamwork and overall presentation.  Tina has given a quite gentle, very steady, very able and very skillful performance.  My congratulations to Tina on achieving fifth place and showing much future potential and sportsmanship, whilst in a high quality competitive class.

 Kaitlin’s handling showed a sound level of general control, good skills and lots of potential.  Her timing of commands and adjustments was very good, with good voice inflection.  A very positive application of skills and keeping pace with her distracted dog, allowed Kaitlin to show her good aptitude and ability.  Resulting from this were good responses from her dog when moving and a quite good set-up in stance, given the dog’s distraction.  She showed a good ability for teamwork and much presentation potential.  Kaitlin has given a gentle, steady, very able and very skilled performance.  Well done to Kaitlin on achieving sixth place and showing sportsmanship, with good future potential for show handling.  Please remember Kaitlin was sixth, and not last, against strong national competition in a quality class of Child Handlers.

 Ashley’s handling displayed a significantly high level of general control, skills and ability.  He exuded a solid self confidence and excellent skill with breed show handling.  The timing of his commands and handling adjustments were very good, with excellent voice inflection.  With excellent positive attitude and keeping pace with his dog, enabled Ashley to show his disciplined skills and high ability.  This resulted in very good responses from his dog whilst gaiting and an excellent set-up in stance, showing significant skills in teamwork and overall presentation.  Ashley gave a highly skilled performance.  My congratulations go to Ashley on first place, most likely capable of still winning, had there been more competitors in his class.