Gun Dog Forum

My GSP Suzie won the Open Restricted Shooting Dog and got second in the Open Shooting Dog Stakes at Teton Bird Dog Club in Montana Aug 2005. These were nice placements against Pointers, Setters, Gordons, Brits, and GSPs. Suzie will be running in AKC trials this fall here on the East Coast. Suzie is ...

Larue The judge setting the pace to me means the judge goes at the same pace for each brace and if the handler wants to ride off so be it. Naturally the pace will be slower for a walking handler as my horse does not walk that slow normally. I judge quite a few AF trials as well as AKC and the pace i...

Larue wrote "The akc rules also state that the walking guy sets the pace in a horseback event,yet in most cases the judges will allow the handlers to separate at the first chance they get." That is not the case in all stakes no matter if walking or horseback the judges set the pace. In all AKC trial...

A friend from LA is looking for Mike it is imperative she contact him ASAP. She has heard he is on his way to Texas after losing everything in LA. Mike field trials GSPs and Vizslas If you can contact Mike please let him know Adele is looking for him. You can e mail me quailpoint@direcway.com or Ade...

Here is a quote from the rules and regs for Hunting Test from the AKC site. This clearly states how unusual circumstances should be handled during a retrieve. One circumstance covered is encountering a second bird during a retrieve. "Some unusual situations can occur in the retrieve. For instance, t...

Good question with two possible answers If your dog is sent for a retrieve and a bird flushes wild he/she should stop to flush. You should be allowed to go to your dog after the shot and send him/her on for the retrieve. This has happened a couple of times when I was judging a hunt test/field trial....