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I enjoy the banter too Ruff, no politics or bullshit. As in a lot of things in life, emotion clouds reason, and people get defensive. Its though discussion that better ways are found. If you were to...

Fair call. Seek an ye shall find. So, where are these good dogs?

Interesting Ruff, so if it is all rhetoric from both the trials sector and the hunting sector, then how do we find good dogs? People who have the 'eye' or 'dogmanship' weren't born with it, they...

I couldn't do that, then I'd have to change my name to "Setter"

Keen as beans!



No longer. Went to the big kennel upstairs nearly 6 months ago

True, I didn't mean just any dog. Over the last few years I have made a point of inviting people to my place with dogs of a known quality (ie. some were/are trials winners) to see them hunt. I feel...

No one mentioned fitness?

several days trialling would be what, an hour running, maybe two at most in total? I'm with Uplander

Couldn't possibly speak on pointer breeding in NZ as there are more qualified to do so. There is, however at least one working litter in the pipeline from Rotorua this year, and two confirmed working...

WHY NOT? :D

The most sense you've made in months El B!

My problem wasn't Ruffs view. Essentially he is right, for the club to grow the testing has to develop more, but lets face it, the testing crowd know that, I'm sure they will sort it. I feel the...

I don't agree about the trials vs. tests sentiment, they aim for different things. Tests aim for a standard, trials aim to find the best individual - be it dog or handler.

About a year or so ago I had a dog I wished to test, asked when the next ones were and got a shrug of the shoulders from more than one person. Didn't bother joining