Thread: Crossing show lines

Originally Posted by RCGSP

The end of the article on that spanner

aaarrgghh yes there it is -I thought I had said it !Interesting about the sons and daughters also

Speckle of Ardoon
Keen in retirement
F.T. Ch Speckle of Ardoon at 12 years of age.

Altogether she won three Championships in succession, the only spaniel of any breed to do so, and the record remains to this day. She won the title of nine open stakes and won the Game Fair tests against springers when the test was an individual challenge and not an international team event.

Like 'Sele,' ( F.T. Ch. Dinas Dewi Sele) she never bred anything in her own class but her sons and daughters have had a tremendous influence on the breed. She retired from competition at four and a half but lived to be fourteen and four months. She was brilliant, dauntless and dangerous to know

with what type of dog mikee and what kind of cover.

Originally Posted by el borracho

with what type of dog mikee and what kind of cover.

2 Pointers and where ever we are, generally riverbeds, broken cover and some open paddocks. Versatile's would probably be better suited to the type of ground we normally stroll but hey I prefer the pointer(s)
Both our dogs are from Chesterhope if it means anything to you, means nothing to us, except they are pointer breeders (apparently good show lines).
Dogs are brother and sister (yes was a mistake) so both fixed

Originally Posted by mikee

2 Pointers and where ever we are, generally riverbeds, broken cover and some open paddocks. Versatile's would probably be better suited to the type of ground we normally stroll but hey I prefer the pointer(s)
Both our dogs are from Chesterhope if it means anything to you, means nothing to us, except they are pointer breeders (apparently good show lines).
Dogs are brother and sister (yes was a mistake) so both fixed

Same here. Our dogs will go all day and go spastic if they dont get a real long work out each week.Love the breed. Unbelievable temperament. Not a purist because they are hunting dogs.

Nope, no pigdogs around here. All hard working rabbiters, which is about the hardest life there is for a dog (but a hell of a lot of fun!)
Got some bird dog X's in there though, couple of springer/foxies, GWP and about 1/8 lab. The foxie puts a bit of range into them. It might take six crosses with purebreeds to do what can be done in one with the right dog mix.

I wont hesitate to mate my dog with the 1/2 show, 1/2 working pointer i mentioned earlier

the cross i have been talking about was only done for looks, the breeder wanted a black dog to show.

No I don;t have Lab, I have a lab in for training currently. Personally I run spaniels.

I train whatever comes through the gate, primarily gundog breeds but not always. New Zealand Gundogs. is my website.

My thoughts on the crosses is they are often extremely good dogs. (Mutt's not show/working crosses) but again, it's dependent on the parent selection whether you get all of the traits you want. While I see many crosses which are very capable I have never seen one better than the best of the pure breeds made to make it.

Versatiles have to be capable of all of that plus in addition retrieving isn't just handy, it's a requirement that they do it very well with a soft mouth. In addition when breeding you have to consider pointing instinct, bird handling, water work, and tracking.

hahahahaha All the rabbit dogs point if you can read them properly, tracking, hahahahahahahaaaaa standard procedure!!

im getting one of Wirehunt dogs to field trial with -they do it all at half the price

I am enjoying the post but wish we had many more that could share their thoughts but thank you guys for sharing your thoughts even if they run against the grain of us purist working lines people of which I am one .

Why, are you not hearing what you want to hear? Pretty queer statement

Originally Posted by Pointer

Why, are you not hearing what you want to hear? Pretty queer statement

There is no right or wrong answer only ones views and opinions and experiences which we are hearing which are interesting and evolve discussion amongst us all

Te Rei, what do you have to compare them to?