Absolutely. Handling is an art in itself. Way back when I got schooled by a more experienced guy. I thought he was in the way a lot and not letting the dogs do the show. I thought he was slow to handle and not on top of the situation. I thought I was a better handler with less experience. I thought he was not all he was cracked up to be as a handler/dogman. It was a subtle change to what I thought I knew over to what I eventually knew/know. He was there to win, he was doing his part and it was really helping his dog. I was young and inexperienced and I had bought into the phrase "it's all about the dogs". (Luckily, I was turned onto to dogs and tutored by someone who prevented me from making a lot of 'green' mistakes. As I said, luckily, that night we won. The other squad had a better handler, and in hindsight a better more talented dog, but we had better conditioning and enough heart to make it all work. We won but the ride home was another schooling process in itself. I learned a ton on the "Coach's breakdown" on that long ride home. EWO