Search:

If that is your firm belief, then you know nothing of the Testing system available here.



So it is acceptable to lose even one from what is already a diminishing pool to draw from. I don't...

You clearly don't get it. It has nothing to do your blunt manner. It is to do with your elitist comments that suggests Trials are better than Tests (on the grounds that to not compete is just "too...

This thread was started by someone who genuinely (I believe) wanted to know more about the VHDTA system, and what it means to test Natural Ability. Unfortunately it has been turned into a farce by...

The second paragraph referred to the significance that many seem to put on placings. As if the dog's actual performance is no longer relevant. I believe this to be fundamentally flawed. Take it as...

From memory, there are only two dogs in the history of the NZVHDTA that have P1 scores in both the NA and Intermediate Tests, and only one within the age limits set. They are not easy, nor set to be...

Each element of the NA and Intermediate Tests are evaluated and scored (points) and a critique given of each dog's performance on each of the elements assessed.

To do well in both the NA and...

The VHDTA currently tests at two different levels....the first being Natural Ability, the second being Intermediate.

The NA test is to evaluate the dog's natural ability, not trained. So The test...