I dont use a handler on my dogs but I have handled for other people and so has hubby - neither of us have ever done it for money - just favours - sometimes a friend who has 2 breeds and the classes clash - so she needs someone to handle one of them. I dont have a problem with handlers - but in America it seems most dogs have handlers - it kinda takes the fun outta it for me but if I had both my girls entered and both ended up against each other and hubby wasnt there then I would have a friend handle 1 of them for me. I do know a couple of handlers in the UK but cannot see me ever using them