Thread: Crossing show lines

to me its a matter of training either way ---pigeon trials , live game trials or general hunting it is practice of skill set and manners taught and if a dog has them or not . If you have been a consistent and frequent trainer chances are you will have a very good dog but there is also that natural animal that no matter what is just great and if your lucky enough to have one -your lucky!

I dont put my dog INTI above other dogs other than we have developed a set of manners which he uses and he has great drive -I do wish now in retrospect I had hunted all those years properly with him to make him great -but alas .

Contest do show a good dog and sometimes a great dog but it is consistent wins which show a consistent dog. Hopefully this translates into the field also on wild game as one cannot profess to have a finnished dog if it cannot work game -feild trial champion or not