Thread: Crossing show lines

I really just wanted to wind you both up... really... the discussion can on infinitely... the point I am really making in all this is actually how trials started.

At the end of the day... one dog running against another is the end of the discussion.

And Jim the answer, is No, not at the moment.

Don't get me wrong El B. Speed, range and drive aren't Spots' issue, anyone thats seen him won't dispute that.... As for pointing and backing, its a working pointer, one that didn't do those things instinctively, usually has a pretty short sojourn on this planet.

I could see where you were going with it Ruff, it goes back to the silverware statement.. Trials were invented as tests for selecting breeding stock. When it becomes dog sport in place of the thing they were designed to emulate, hunting, we are buggered. Look at the way the yanks have gone