miranadobe all of your points are very valid, all we can hope is that the AKC is smart enough to have this in an open venue like rally and obediance.  I would hope that if they go forward that they are smart enough to procced in much the same mannor as ScH.  This would mean holding the compitions either before or after the regular show so that the area is empty, or in a seperate area all together.  I fully agree that many try and rush their dogs into the ring before they are ready.  I think this would be a liability to the event holder if they didn't have the protection work set up safe enough and tested the dogs propery before hand.