elmrfud
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Another nightmare from StonehavenHello all,
Just joined the forum after a few months of reading posts as a guest. I am mates with Barry (sako) and have been for about 25 years. I have 4 labs and a springer at the moment but plan on maybe getting a wire haired german at a later date. Into trialling and shooting over the dogs and have a Lab at the moment that will hopefully do well at trial's this year. We will just have to see how she goes.
Adam...
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guy
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Hi Adam - welcome.
How hard is it to get a run in FT with a lab?? keep hearing stories about having to be a member of dozens of clubs an putting in multiple entries - just wondered how true this might be.
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elmrfud
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Hi,
Although quite new to trials i do know that it is a nightmare to get runs, more so in England i think. It costs me at least £200 a year in club fees  . Some of the clubs will run 2/3 trials a year while most will only run one of each ( 1 novice 1 open ). At least you get your money back if you are not picked for a run.  Hopefully will get a few runs nearer the end of the season.
Adam...
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windem bang
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Hi Adam, welcome to the forum. I like your nickname, I was very disappointed to see you'd put your real name at the bottom of your post. I was going to say hello while abbreviating your nickname a bit!
Retriever trials were a nightmare to get a run in, I eventually gave up even trying to get a run. The end of the season is a good time to trial a lab. There is not nearly so many birds to wind the dog up and it is easier to get a run as a lot of handlers have given in after discovering their swans are geese!
Bill T.
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Helen
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Welcome to the board, I've got 2 gwp's. My oldest is used on the grouse counts and has a fantastic natural hunting ability. It didn't take much to train him at all. I also have his daughter who is just over 2 who is showing the same promise has him. I've taken things a lot slower with her as she seemed to mature slower. She's had a few days grouse counting, grouse beating and dogging in and has been such a biddable, easy dog to train - so far lol! I am deciding whether to trial her or just use her purely for working but I'm training her with the aim of trialling her. I'll see what the next season brings.
Helen
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johnhod
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| Quote: | | Retriever trials were a nightmare to get a run in |
Did you find that no matter how hard you found it to get a run some people always seemed to be "lucky enough" to get drawn nearly every time.
I'm glad I'm not suspicious otherwise I may have started thinking that some draws were less than honest.
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windem bang
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I wasn't just suspiscious, I was certain that in the draw some entries were more equal than others! I originally bought a Brittany , not to trial it but to find game out on the wide open spaces I had to shoot over. It was easy for me to get picking up but walkng up practice with a lab was what I needed. This worked fine but at the same time as I became disgusted at trying to get runs in lab trials. I became enthused, even besotted, by the Brittanies work. I began trialling H.P.R.'s and kept the labs for picking up.
I had little difficulty getting runs with my labs in Scotland - I may even have been an unknowing "victim" of some favourable draws from the hat myself. I was well known up here. England was a different matter, I never got one single run in an English trial! The only retriever trial I ever competed in there was the retriever championships, they couldn't keep me out of that!
Bill T.
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druimmuir
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Hey Ads nice to see you on this forum too  still not going to forgive you for the potlickers.com comment on my back window though ...lol....
Nic
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