Gun Dog Forum

The definition "range is the sine qua non" for an aa dog comes right from the standard written in the guidelines booklet. And I have some some rejected hunting dogs become good trial dogs. Ch. Pioneer Train Jake was one.

A trial dog SHOULD hunt. One assumption that seems to pervaded this thread is that a non-trial hunting dog are all great at their job. I have seen quite a few hunting dogs that do not hunt hard, are not all that good at handling birds, but whose fond owners love and accept them nonetheless. Many hav...

To me, the original poster as well as others such as Mr. Higgins latched on the term 'meat dog' when the part that I believe was more important was "local" meat dogs and local handlers. OF COURSE, dogs raised and groomed in that area exclusively in that terrain are going to enjoy a big advantage ove...