Thread: Pointer and Setter Trials

Pointer any chance of hearing a bit about your black beauty from overseas ?a few pics would be great also

Originally Posted by el borracho

Pointer any chance of hearing a bit about your black beauty from overseas ?a few pics would be great also

Sorry about the late reply El B, was away chasing stags for the weekend.

What to say about Betty? Runs, hunts, points, natural backer, retrieves land and water. Ran to the end of the open stake (surprisingly) at Taupo last weekend for no birds, doesn't make the second round in Novice the day after...

She is definitely an alpha bitch, she has to be first in everything. First to the food, first for a pat, first in the running. Everything is competitive to her.

My criticisms of her are two at this stage; the first I can't change, the second I'm working on.

The first, she is tiny! While being well built and 19 kgs, she could have done with a few more inches height. The second is her running, it's all over the show. While she hunts to the conditions and adapts her range to cover, she still has her moments, but we will get there.

Here is a pic of her staring my pigeon loft to death:

Originally Posted by Pointer

Sorry about the late reply El B, was away chasing stags for the weekend.

What to say about Betty? Runs, hunts, points, natural backer, retrieves land and water. Ran to the end of the open stake (surprisingly) at Taupo last weekend for no birds, doesn't make the second round in Novice the day after...

She is definitely an alpha bitch, she has to be first in everything. First to the food, first for a pat, first in the running. Everything is competitive to her.

My criticisms of her are two at this stage; the first I can't change, the second I'm working on.

The first, she is tiny! While being well built and 19 kgs, she could have done with a few more inches height. The second is her running, it's all over the show. While she hunts to the conditions and adapts her range to cover, she still has her moments, but we will get there.

Here is a pic of her staring my pigeon loft to death:

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Thanks for posting Pointer ,she should prove to be an exciting dog especially given her drive and natural ability
.Faults exist in most dogs and I have my own mini battles with mine own also but time may see them ironed out .the erratic running is probably less of a problem with live game trials than pigeon trials given the ever changing terrain of the natural game trials grounds .My bitch is some what smaller than yours and she gets along fine , cant see a 19kg dog having any issues.i look forward to seeing her run and enjoying a day out with you guys at this weekends trial !