Thread: Crossing show lines

Well of course there is flaws... the difference, simply, between a scenario where it is you and your dog and when it is you, two guns, a judge, a steward and gallery must have an effect.... Trials are a wonderful judging standard, but should never be considered the be all and end all... there are many many ways to judge and astertsain a dogs ability and the thinking man who wants a better dog (NOT a better trialling dog) takes all things into consideration as he or she makes decisions on how they wish to take the breeds forward. Trials are a wonderul benchmark, but they are not the ONLY one... We have new person here posting on the forum using the name "Hales Smut"... Hales Smut was the most influential dog on the modern spaniel breed, in my opinion, He may have won a trial, possibly not, but he certainly never titled, and yet he lives in legend as one of the most significant dogs in history.... I have Brick of Ballyblack so I understand this well... Trials are an indicator, they ARE NOT the only scale by which any thinking dog person will ever judge a great dog.