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Why in dog show pictures are some dogs/handlers sitting down?

I am very into dog shows, but still just stepping into the world. A friend of mine just got a best in show and she and the dog were sitting in their picture, when normally they stack the dog. Especially for a BIS photo, I found this weird. Is it up to the photographer, the judge, or is there some sort of tradition to sit on a first BIS win photo?

Public Comments

1. Maybe they were tired and just happened to be sitting at the time the photo was taken.
2. It depends on who is paying for the picture. It's not up to the judge and the photographer may make a suggestion, but the person who is paying for it has the final say. I wanted an action shot when my Papillon got his CDX, so the photographer waited until the ring was empty before taking the pictures. Another time I had my dog sitting. There's no set rule or tradition.
3. I believe its because the dog wouldn't stack properly at that specific moment. Dogs tend to get tired. They need to take the photo, so the best scenario is to sit them dog. Its still a Beautiful photo!
4. There really is no rule that you have to have your dog stacked for a photo. I have a male that is to big for the platforms, so I tried just putting his front feet up on the platform (it did not look right) so we just ended up putting him fully on the platform. But I know plenty that do the sitting down photo, and in most cases it looks great, specially if you get the right lighting and background. I did a sit for my dogs RN title photo and CD title photo, yeah I know that is OB be still worth mentioning. I do mainly stack mine, but I would love to do a different kind of photo one time.