Best Junior Handler!: A Guide to Showing Successfully in Junior Showmanship

by Denise Olejniczak and Anne Olejniczak

Book Overview

Anne has been a highly successful Junior Handler competitor for 8 years and has qualified 6 times to complete at Westminster. Her mother, Denise, is the editor of the Lhasa Apso breed magazine and an AKC judge of Junior Showmanship. Together they set out to write the 'classic' book on Junior Showmanship. The lessons are so self-explanatory that even a junior located far away from help with no access to handling classes could pick up the book and learn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944875459
• ISBN13: 9780944875452
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Doral Publishing
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book on the subject

The book, Best Junior Handler, states in it's preface that it is basically a text book for the junior handler. The subject matter covers everything from choosing a breed to competing at Westminster as well as history on the event. There is a chapter with information for the more experienced handler. The manner in which Ms. Olejniczak handles the the subject is very relaxed and talks to you rather than at you. She tries to encourage juniors with anecdotes of her own experiences (especially negative ones) during her career, to not only provide comfort to those who have bad days when they or their dogs didn't do well, but also to encourage them to keep on trying when it seems the odds are against them. Junior Handling is just that, HANDLING the dog. This book stresses the importance of the relationship between a handler and his or her dog. However, it also provides information for the handler on how to succeed and comport themselves properly in this sport. No one enters to lose, they want to win. Ms. Olejniczak has provided helpful tips in this book for that purpose. Read it for yourself and find out.

The most comprehensive book on the subject!!!!!

The author has done a magnificent job of covering the subject of junior handling. As a handler,I felt her book had information beneficial to handlers experienced at all levels of showing. Her knowledge of the subject was evident throughout the book.

I thought it was pretty damn good.

As a total novice to the feild, I thought that this book was instructive, thoughtfully laid out, and not too serious. I felt that the author's sharing her trials and tribulations was effective, and showed that not everything is guarunteed. Working with dogs isn't all happiness and glee, sometimes it's a pain. I like that she kept it real, and didn't turn her book into a shrine for herself. She doesn't pretend to be perfect, and she's realistic about the field.

good for all dog folks!

this is a book anyone could learn from, easy to read and very helpfull,bought a copy for my friend i think this is a book anyone could learn from

Professionally written--extremely informational!

Kudos to Anne and all involved in the publication of this book. Any novice handler should benefit immensely from the information contained in "Best Junior Handler!: A Guide to Showing Successfully in Junior Showmanship" By the way--the previous negative reviews listed on this page appear to have been written by an imbecile. (Check out the verbage and spelling.)