Thread: Crossing show lines

I used to have a similar view as Victoria regarding competitive types of Trials…..that was until I entered one. While I am a firm believer of ‘Test’ type evaluations as opposed to ‘Trial’, there is a tremendous amount of benefit to be had from running in competative Trials. However, they should never be the sole determining factor in breeding selection.

Often, running a good dog against a mediocre one will mean the good dog doesn’t put on much of a show. Rather, it just does what it needs to in order to get by. But if you run two good dogs against each other, and you will see the better one lift it’s game and really shine. A lot of the Specialists seem to do this naturally, but my GWP took a while to realise what it needed to do in order to become competitive. Ryen’s Quinn is probably the best example I’ve seen of a Versatile that really chomps at the bit to get out there and do the business.