Thread: Fat Labs

Had a good lab rabbiting. Big boof headed bastard he was to, worked out to maybe forty metres tops. Ate like a big boof headed lab too. But he could afford to as he worked it off. And he worked hard and well.
Funny thing was the people I got him off had him as standard lab, a fat bastard.

I'll add to that, one good one out of the maybe 6-8 I've had.

That is why I feel, @HF1, that more people with minority breeds should attend ribbon parades where you give trainee judges the opportunity to see examples of the breed. Certainly there is no challenge point to possibly win, but at least the judge will know for next time!!

Unfortunately not many clubs run ribbon parades or open shows these days. With the cost of entries and travelling people want to go where they can get a challenge point towards their championship title. If any ribbon parades or open shows are held, they are usually in conjunction with another show and you can only find out the information from the NZKC magazine which not everyone gets.

A bit like club field trials. I still can't remember how I managed to find out about club trials but unless you join a club you don't get to hear about them. It's a shame because I think we could attract more people to the sport if the information was more readily available.

I'd like to see clubs making use of their local newspapers to let people in the area know that they exist and what they do.

Or maybe the KC could list the gundog clubs on their home page...?

In the NZKC magazine there is a list of gun dog clubs, speciality clubs, etc but you need to be an NZKC member (getting expensive) to get the magazine.

I have seen some results for Ft Champ titles in the Dog World but I think they have to rely on the clubs/owners/handlers sending them the information.

It would be good to see the results of club and champ trials in the magazine and even dates for club and champ trials but the clubs and NZGDTA would have to be on board with that. There might be a cost involved to advertise.

I'd also like to see the local newspapers used to give some coverage so that people in the area would know the clubs exist and what they do. (I may have mentioned this before

Unless we get out there and let people know the clubs exist the sport will die out.