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No they don't sadly unless something is wrong such as paperwork or incorrectly entered. It does happen...it happened to one of my breeder's bitch before! Only winners bitch and winners dog and those in the final best of breed ring that place earn points. That's one of the reasons it's so challenging to get those points! You have to not only win your class which could have competition like Ripley's did that day, but also beat all the others that won their class too! That means for a 3pt major win for my area, there were at least 17 dogs beat. That day was a 4pt major with 24 total dogs beat.
Great photo too!
She allowed a male judge to HOLD her head in his hands while he stooped over her and felt her face fill and head planes. Talk about HUGE for Ripley! She held her stack like a statue! Did great for the exam after that, then melted a bit when he touched her rear 
That's ok though, Derek caught a tip to help her quickly compose herself if she ever does that again, with a gentle foot between the rear feet and she will pop back up. Glad that Ripley is doing these things so they can learn to be better!
Now she isn't perfect, none of them are! There are certainly things I see on her that I would improve and I'm harsh on my critiques as I see her every day and see these things. I read the standard multiple times to try and learn and develop an eye of what the "ideal" doberman should be and find these areas of improvement on my own dog. It was nice to confirm the things I felt but from an unbiased and experienced point of view!
She does well when there is another that looks like her, and surprisingly they too are close to the standard. I dont know enough to say more on judging issues but I did see the DPCA online have a judge mentorship for members to become mentors for judges when requested to help educate them to the standard. And no, not a struggle I thought she would have going into any of this when we originally went just for fun but now Ive learned its a good welcomed struggle.
) placed 2nd in the same class the WB placed 1st. So when you are 2nd and the WB is the 1st place dog from your class, you get a chance to show again to possibly win RWB. If you place 2nd in your class and the 1st place in your class doesnt win in WB then you dont get to go back in.
