The handler and his assistants are your dog's nutritionist, his groomer, his trainer, his advertising agent, and his pals. Good handlers are proud of their dogs and lose a lot of sleep if' one of their charges isn't feeling just fight. A good handler has to be a foster parent who's there to help your dog show himself off to his very best advantage. He knows this judge, they've been friends for years. He's probably in big trouble if he isn't.
Breeders are the group that really influence what dogs do what at any dog show.
The breeders are the ones who supplied the dogs for the professional handle- to show before they became judges. They supplied the breed knowledge that judge has and, after all, the breeders wrote the standard. A judge can only judge what he sees. They get quite discouraged when they can't put up what they think is a nice dog because the breeder-owner won't show the dog. Just once it would be nice to see a class in the ring where every dog was presented perfectly.