flyn88 wrote:Don't think she's much of a competitor
Archeryrob wrote:No, I don't do any tests or trials. I never plan to breed my dogs, so why get a title? I never even bothered registering her with AKC.
My dog is a family and hunting dog and a title doesn't make her hunt any better or any more lovable or playful at home. She will fetch what I tell her too, will stop and whistle sit, takes hand signals as directed. She does what I need and I would find it a waste of time when I should be fishing.
Rick wrote:It's not about the titles at our house, never kept a ribbon and once quit testing a young dog just one pass shy of it's HRCH.
For us it's about preparation for hunting: holding my training feet to the fire with the immediacy of pending hunt tests, rather than procrastinating because hunting season is still several months distant, and testing our progress in the super-charged atmosphere of the test ground with the knowledge that if Pup can hold it together there, the odds are good he'll not come apart under the excitement of a jam-up hunt.
For others, it's a chance to meet training (and new hunting) partners and get hands-on help learning to train their dogs.
Might not be for you, but anyone thinking it's all about the ribbons is missing the best of it.
DixieDawg wrote:I lack the knowledge and ability to train a dog at the competition level...
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
Bufflehead wrote:Wanchese, NC. From what I've gathered, there are some clubs that hold these test inland about two or three hours away.
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
Bufflehead wrote:Wanchese, NC. From what I've gathered, there are some clubs that hold these test inland about two or three hours away.
Rick wrote:Anybody running their retriever in them? And if not, why not?
(Question reminds me of an old coonass' coonass, EJ, who guided at our camp. When a guest gun observed that most of the other guides seemed to use dogs and asked why he didn't, the answer was typically EJ, "Don't have a dog.")
Yeah, those are two that I've looked up. I'll probably try to attend a event at one but they are both over 3.5 hours away.Ducaholic wrote:Bufflehead wrote:Wanchese, NC. From what I've gathered, there are some clubs that hold these test inland about two or three hours away.
Looked at my dog's ribbon's. Yadkin River and Cape Fear are two of the retriever clubs in NC.
Matt Duncan wrote:Dixie, northeast Tennessee retriever club is a good club with access to lots of good property and dog minded folks. They hold a test at Chad Bakers place near Bristol. Definitely a good club to get involved with.
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