Thread: How much should I look into trials?

As most people know here I'll be getting a britt later this year.
When I said I wanted a deer hunting dog thatll do some bird work as well she quoted the to be parents achievements in field and show and was tellin me about how the mother is a dual champion etc.
My question is how important is all that stuff in determining whether I'm getting something from a good line? (I'm positive I am just more a general question).

SB

This will be interesting/entertaining!

Dunno whats going on with the SB shit should be BH!

I'd like it to stay above the belt Wire because I'm genuinely interested in peoples thoughts

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Dunno whats going on with the SB shit should be BH!

I'd like it to stay above the belt Wire because I'm genuinely interested in peoples thoughts

Wirehunt is just indicating that any debate around canines will likely result in opposing opinion which can be fun to watch unfold.

Answer is not a lot
but the thread will probably run for 6 pages, someone will throw their toys out of the cot and blood spilled

I'll get in early.

I think you'll need to decide what you want this dog for. Starting your own line in future and it might be a bonus to do both. WAnt it for hunting, then train it and go hunt. If your competitive then you might really enjoy it.
If you want to know if the combo of bitchXdog is any good then go hunt over the two of them if you can. It's as good an indicator as any.

Here we fucking go, el b will be along soon, then ruff and now kawhias back this shits going to be good, no doubt I will jump in at some stage too.

Originally Posted by upnorth uplander

Here we fucking go, el b will be along soon, then ruff and now kawhias back this shits going to be good, no doubt I will jump in at some stage too.

Yep and Jack is just looking for the good oil from someone

Jeeze, i havent got a fukn clue!!!!!.....but my tongue's a waggin at the thought of it all..........

Wire - I thought about breeding one day but the missus is dead set against it, I'm not too phased with it either as I like my reputation and wouldn't want it tarnished if I put out a dud litter to people ha
I'm just interested in hunting, which the breeder is all for and does themselves, but they were giving me all the credentials of their to promote the fact that they'll be good hunting dogs and I just don't know how relevant that is. Not saying at all that I don't think it is I'm just genuinely clueless to it.

BH, are you getting an American Brittany? If the parents come from hunting homes then you can be much more confident. If you are fearful of putting out a dud litter, then you seriously need to look around more at the working lines.

PM me if you are interested in contacting a breeder with working lines.

The trials in Australia (Victoria) are great...the birds (even in novice trials) are shot over the dogs...in WA there is no shooting.

The effort that you put in to training the dog will have more of an effect than the genetics of the dog. You can have the best genetics in the world, but if you don't put the effort in to bring the potential out, then the genetics count for nothing.

I need to see an improvement out of you guys. This thread is 10 hours old and no one has been butthurt yet. Sort it out, the lot of yas

Originally Posted by Pointer

I need to see an improvement out of you guys. This thread is 10 hours old and no one has been butthurt yet. Sort it out, the lot of yas

We need to throw in some stats and probabilities here of who's about to throw on a tantrum first, then we start betting on these viscous forum fights...