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I certainly support those that use pros. We use a pro for our young dog work.

All of Arnie & Linda Erwin's dogs are 100% amateur trained including Suncrest Wild Oats, a 2011 NAFC finalist.

Congratulations! Hope you can make it down to the National this year.

I think most field trials adequately demonstrate the stamina of the dogs that compete. A couple of days with a field trial training group should convince anyone of their endurance. Long marks &...

I am another one that would not buy a pup with a limited registration. We have not bred our dogs, but if we decided to do so, I would not want to have to track down the breeder and get a full...

I did not mean to belittle the accomplishments of people and dogs that run hunt tests. They are among the elite in retrieverdom. It takes a lot to title a dog at the master level in any of the hunt...

Generally it is the people that have do not run or train for all age stakes that minimize the difference in difficulty compared to hunt tests. I know many successful hunt test people train on an...

I have to disagree, at least at the all-age level. The Open and Am tests are generally longer with many more factors than a MH test, including distance. The field trial minor stakes are more in line...

Does your pro have a formal basics program that includes the all of the steps outlined by Earl?

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Jim Gonia won the Niland Trial this weekend.

Congrats to Lynn & Rio :-P Good to see the Golden boy back on his game.

I do not have full results, but I do know that:

NFC Emmit & Gonia won the Open and Kid and Don Remien took 2nd with Kid (qualifies for National)

Marlene Benn and Reba won the AM

Mike Tierney...

Bring a chair to sit in the gallery to watch. Some tests are more gallery friendly than others, but you should be able to view the dog work. You can bring your pup, but leave him in his kennel when...

Open

1st #56 FC Yankee Fork Yancy O/ Gary Rowlett H/ Eric Fangsrud
2nd #5 FC-AFC Huntersbest Sapphire Jubilee O/ Jean Wu H/ John Henninger
3rd #63 FC Adams Acres Water Lilly O/ Marion...

Qualifying

1st #3 Wetlands Maggie P.I. O/ Ed Stratton, TJ Lindbloom, Robin Rawls H/ Amie Duke
2nd #21 Suncrest Winter Rye O/ Arnie & Linda Erwin H/ Linda
3rd #20 Trulines Wild Son O/ Dianne...

Amateur

1st #13 FC-AFC Tealcreek Patton's Saber O/ Chris &Portia Hatch H/ Chris
2nd #21 FC AFC Carbons Blue Pursuit O/ Missy Bell & Steve Kompf H/ Missy
3rd #18 Watermark's Miss Kali Hart O/H...

Qualifying after first series. 2nd series is a double blind.(16 dogs)

3,5,7,8,10,11,12,13,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24

Amateur called back to 4th series (13 dogs)
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Amateur callbacks to the third series-23 dogs

1,4,6,7,9,11,12,13,14,18 ,21,23,24,25,26,29,33,35,36,37,39,41,43

There is patchy fog this morning, so some of the stakes may be delayed.

There...

Derby Results:

1st #18 Buster Posey O/Steve Kompf & Missy Bell H/Missy
2nd #24 Tiger Mtn's Pale Rider O/Mike & Tiffany Taylor H/ Mike
3rd #14 Rimrock's Phat N Sassy Princess Kate O/Charles Kiehn...

Qualifying Results

1st #2 She'sCandlewood'sChristmascheer O/Richard Underwood H/ Don Remien
2nd #3 Sly's Mystical Castle O/Leigh Larsen H/Eric Fangsrud
3rd #25 Tuck N Roll II O/Chad Cost...

Amateur Results

1st #39 FC Valtor's Hayseed Kid O/Valerie Marting H/Breck Howard
2nd #11 FC AFC Carbons Blue Pursuit O/H Missy Bell
3rd #20 FC-AFC Tealcreek Patton's Saber O/H Chris Hatch...

Open callbacks to the second series-30 dogs

1,4,10,19,20,22,25,26,29,30,32,35,36,40,42,46,47,49,50,51,56,58,62,63,67,68,69,73,74,77

They have to pay you what a trailer of like kind and condition is worth. They are low balling you. An attorney would get this straightened out quickly but it would be the expensive way to go. Go to...

Results are posted on EE

Derby Results:

1st #5 Clubmead's Lucky Lady
2nd #4 U.S. Miss America
3rd #6 High Fly'n Dixie
4th #10 Rimock's Phat N Sassy Princess Kate
RJ #21...