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I noticed that the Hills are members of the Marin Retriever Club. I wonder if they will be at the Lassen HT being held at nearby grounds in Corning, CA. Rocket Dog and I are going to try running...

HT and FT's here... the general rule is "out of sight = out of control". So judges being the cruel b@stards that they are, will put something at the end of a blind (for example) that if the dogs run...

Barry... I visited with an Irish FT pro at his place near Carrick-on-Shannon last year. He was showing me one of his contenders and sent him over a wire fence and across a chasm. I was shutting my...

Good looking, and a MH.

Barry, when you refer to blown knees, are you referring to the field lines? If so, can we know whether that is due to their lives as athletes (the work is not for the...

I agree with you totally. FT's are to retrievers what (maybe) the Metropolitan Opera is to music. (1) An acquired taste, (2) incredibly high standards (3) rare talents. But the world is rich in...

The hallmarks of the Labrador breed are head, tail, coat. Are there some show dogs who are extreme examples? Yes. That is not correct and they should be penalized. However, a dense, thick, double...

It really is about time and money. Here's what I dread. I would like to take my dog SOMEDAY (from my lips to God's ears) to the Master National or the Master Invitational. In order to qualify, you...

I stand corrected and repent in dust and ashes. In AKC HT's, (and FT, for that matter) the emphasis is absolutely on retrieving game, not finding it. A well trained lab of bench phenotype should...

I might be alone on this, but I look at the Dual CH as a Holy Grail. Just the Quest for it invigorates the culture and fires the imagination. The difference between the Grail and the Dual CH is...

The picture is Banchory Bob who was a Dual CH and BIS at Crufts in the 1930's. My question about him is honest and sincere... I'm not trying to be snotty. I'm expressing something that I don't...

Since I've got one of those very "hot" field bred dogs... I can say that a lot (most) of the issue with their craziness is handler induced. They are definitely prone to line issues. (Labradorks......

If we prove certain lines of labs in the Ob. ring... we're probably enhancing biddability (speaking very generally, here.) Same with agility (throw in athleticism with biddability.) And so on and...

The Ugly Truth: Can Show Dogs be Hunting Dogs? - Gun Dog Magazine

Anyone who has met Rocket Dog (as has Labradorks) will know immediately, she is the poster-child for the extreme field bred...