Thread: Crossing show lines

I have to disagree... certainly a well trained dog can appear to be a better dog than an untrained one, and a great dog with massive drive untrained is a menace... but the old axiom of "you can kick it out of them, but you can;t kick it into them" holds true. No amount of training makes a poor dog good, although a skilled trainer can create the illusion... this is what buggers up breeding programs.

I have a mate, a great mate, who I think could title a fox terrier... it says nothing of the dog's ability.

Hale's Smut was wildly inconsistent... excitedly so... Earlandson always said whatever he did was SPECTACULAR whether it was smashing cover, flushing birds, running in or whatever... he was exciting... but he was untoward... GREAT breeding stock, poor trial quality.

There are so many variables and it is not a specific written formula... if it were we'd all be producing more champions than you can poke a stick at... (If you train like that).