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I was just looking at Entry Express and the test with limits are filling up quick.
Maryland Retriever club's June 1st test in Delware is already filled up.
Susqhuehanna Retriever Club on May 19 is 8 short of their limit.
Rappahannock River Retriever Club's test in April already filled its double master with its 60 entries in each.
The days of waiting around are over if the club has a limit.
I can't wait to see how this is gonna play out, both for the clubs, when the scratches come in... and for the dog works, when all those not ready run anyhow because they already paid.
Pinelands is gonna run May 4-5 if you want to come up Nick. 2 masters of 60, hasn't opened yet on EE. Nice affair, lunch on Saturday, continental breakfast both mornings, I think... Good raffle for a 55" TV too.
Darrin I love running at Pinelands great club and the nicest bunch of people. You can gain 10 lbs running there with all the food they have at the club house. I donated a hunt last year to their raffle and Roger Everett won. I donated a hunt again this year. If I lived closer I would defiantly join the club. I doubt I will be running any test this year. I have a young pup I am going to try derbies with and go straight to master when she is ready and my other 2 are already MH's I will be running them in Q's.
Can't you scratch before the close and get all your money back without a vet note.
I'm just wondering how the limits will play out. Just a "what if" scenario.... "what if" a bunch of volunteers don't get in because an extra Pro Truck or two with 20 dogs shows and fills entries? Are the volunteers who'd normally be running dogs going to still show up and work to put on a hunt test?
It's supposed to make tests easier for a volunteer based club although, I can see it backfiring at some point.
Good point. But someone will step up and help. I know I usually end up throwing birds when I am running.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul "Happy" Gilmore
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Originally Posted by DarrinGreene
As far as your concerns about the quality of the dog work, "they" already enter before the dog is ready. Nothing new there. I see it every time I judge, Especially in Master. Gotta get that MH before they're 3 years old.......-Paul
Send an email out to the club before it goes live on EE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul "Happy" Gilmore
I personally do not think it is going to have much of an impact. Most of the clubs that are putting limits on are those who most likely in the past year or so have gone over the magical number by a few dogs and had to split. I am pretty sure that in the end, we are only talking about a few people who are going to be left out, when a club holds a single master and uses limit.
Of course, now with a double master, when a limit of 60 is used for that, you are really going to lose dogs, but that is because a double master brings everyone out. Our club normally only had 50-60 dogs in the master stakes (last two years, only 40 before MN qualification change), but when we held a double master, we had over 100 dogs in each one.
Hunt tests originated for the weekend warrior or amateur. Maybe some consideration should be made that when a am runs their own dog there is more likely to be more single individuals on the grounds able to volunteer. When a pro shows up with 20 dogs and one or two owners, they've kept 18 potential volunteers from being there to help.
Maybe it's time to say, "if you're a pro with 10 dogs you need to show up with 2 full time helpers or help pay to hire additional volunteers?" It's not a fun thought although, it's a lot of "thankless" work when there are 4-5 pro's at a test with a total of nearly 80 dogs and no extra help shows up with those 80 dogs.
Believe me, I'm not saying that the Pro's don't chip in and help because lots of them do help out as much as possibly although, they're working for a client at a hunt test and that client deserves to have their Pro's attention focused on the dog they are paying the pro to run. The Pro shouldn't be splitting time working if he/she is being paid to be at a hunt test.
I think the rule book has enough rules in it, already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul "Happy" Gilmore