I know what you mean. I pulled into the trial yesterday after driving 140 miles (and did not get into the obedience part of it which was very disappointing), and found I had a Doodle in front of us in Rally Adv. Boy did my competitive spirit kick in... we were NOT placing behind a designer dog, and further I was upset as fast as the obed part filled (it was a breed specialty club), that they allowed All American dogs. Later I found out that not only that, but *7* of the teams in obed were absent! How rude for those of us who try to make our gas stretch. At least I had my Golden friend riding w/ me and both of us got a Q. She was the one who also cost her girl 20 pts!