Thread: Versatile hunting dog test

You work on it quite well, don't you Ruff. Keep up the good work, I am sure there are a number of people who read the two NZ forums who will never set foot in a trial or test because of the put downs they read on these forums, and they probably think the clubs are full of such people too.

In the early 70's about the time the Nth American Versatile Hunting Dog Assn was formed, Geoff Sutherland formed a similar club in NZ, The NZ Versatile Hunting Dog Assn. It ran for maybe 3 years then suddenly gone. Geoff told me only a few years ago that a friend travelling back from a test in a vehicle listened to a few of the members plotting to get rid of Geoff, take over the Assn and run things their way. So he walked away and that was that. A potentially great idea back in the days of plentiful hunting opportunities, ruined.

I am glad a few spoke up here because few do. I mean, who wants to leave themselves open for personal attacks? But until the genuine gundog folk do stand up and say ENOUGH, then this continuous running down of clubs, testing and can only have a very detrimental outcome for the gundog world in NZ.