The following FieldTrialPointers poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Do you believe that we have a problem with improper...
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Jul 1, 2003 7:45 am
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... <birddog@n...> wrote: "Isn't part of showing a bird dog the rapport between the dog and a handler? How much rapport can there be in the above stated ...
... A case in point is that of one of my dogs, trained by me etc. according to my comcept of when enough is enough. This dog "broke" at 16 months, easily but...
... wrote: " Derbies are not required to be steady! That being said, I don't ... The derby should allow handler to flush (in the spring for sure) and that's...
The Association of Michigan Field Trial Clubs will be holding their annual meeting and Dog of the Year awards program on Saturday, July 19 at the Ionia Trial...
... All very true Bob. However, it's been my observation that you are seeing all the above with addition of finished manners. It just seems that some here...
The best thing they could do is take away the derby qualification. If they do that you would get either no cheaters or very few(overage dogs), Less manners...
There are few of us who are not happy and pleased to see a puppy in a puppy stake point a bird....and hold it...or take it out....but...few of us would count...
... bird ... NO-ONE–EVER-SAID-THAT-THE-ORDINARY,-MACHANICAL-DOG with finished bird work WOULD-PREVAIL over the exceptional. NO ONE! It has been stated time...
Jim NOBODY, NOBODY, NOBODY EVER SAID THEY WOULD NOT PLACE A BROOK DOG IF IT WAS THE BEST, NOBODY . WOULD PLEASE TELL US WHY WE KEEP GOING ON ABOUT YOUR PERFECT...
I am really not one to look at every post anyone ever makes or does not make clear.....But...As it would seem with some....they START with demanding staunch in...
... My perfect derby? No derby is perfect. In fact, no dog is ever perfect. Just varing shades of correctness. You go with what you like. I like mine hot...
NO-ONE–EVER-SAID-THAT-THE-ORDINARY,-MACHANICAL-DOG with finished bird work WOULD-PREVAIL over the exceptional. NO ONE! It has been stated time and time...
or training a new kid on the block....such as my grandson..age 14...has been running older dogs with me a couple of times in the last couple of days....I ask...
as a handler or as a judge is a dog who is not interested in the bird he has "found".....I want to see him intense and bursting to get to that bird....I hate...
... wrote: " NO-ONE–EVER-SAID-THAT-THE-ORDINARY,-MACHANICAL-DOG with finished bird work WOULD-PREVAIL over the exceptional. NO ONE! " True, no one said that...
Well i've been busy working " derbys" , planting bird patches,and just dealing with life. One thing this dumb country boy knows for sure is how to read a dog...
HAVE FUN WITH HIM!!!!!!! HE WILL BE A DERBY BUT ONE YR. AND A ALL-AGE OR SHOOTING DOG THE REST OF HIS LIFE... ENJOY THE PEOPLE, DOGS, AND COMPETITION! NEVER...
Killing the messenger is a tactic of ignoring the potential problem. Telling me to go to hell may prove satisfying but it will not assure that a judge really...
86% of us said we had a problem with improperly registration - 86%! Now I really don't know if the cause is broke Derbies, Derby placements qualifying for...
I got a call last night that informed me that our Friend, Bert Robinson died at home early in the evening.... Ironically Bert did not win the last Championship...
Yes,there is less disagreement about what we would place as a judge.But as a handler: your derby has now begun his "serious bird work" training,and has been...
but a trainer whose ambition is to "chastise" his dog, may be asked why in the face of no other dog "causing my dog to break" would he think his dog was...