Thread: Crossing show lines

Originally Posted by el borracho

I have always figured for "most hunters" a dog decision is made fairly blindly so they could be show breed dogs or just dogs breed with not always a great deal og knowledge going into the mix -of course there are some that make an effort .In saying that our trial pool is not so great that many would in affect have one of these dogs either from Pointer Setter variety especially from the GSP breed and certainly the lab , spaniel bunch also .My thoughts

Wow, a pretty Big claim there mate. I have always believe trials are an extremely valuable test but... and here's is my main axiom... "when the trial becomes the end goal, the breed is fucked"

A trial MUST always be a test of the BEST hunting dog... when it is the best trial dog the point is lost.... and I've been trialling in NZ since 1984 and Live Game trialling since 1989.