AKC/Eukanuba Nat'l Champ. Dog Show

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ksubigbuck

Discussion Starter · Feb 4, 2007

I just finished watching the sporting portion of the dog show, and I have to say that it was disgusting. The visla, the flat coated retriever, and the chessie looked like a hunting dog should. The cockers looked like little froo-froo lap dogs, the pointers were good looking, the lab looked like Uga the bulldog(the University of Georgia mascot). The larger spaniels looked like they were on the brink of a heart attack after one lap around the ring. The golden was good looking, but a little short and heavy. WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE KIDDING??? My hat is off to the breeders of the visla, flat coat, and chessie. They are the only ones who seem to have a clue. Some of those folks need to check out a hunt test or something...it might open their eyes.

raving and ranting regards,
Hunter

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Rick Hall

· #17 · Feb 5, 2007

The cockers looked like little froo-froo lap dogs, the pointers were good looking, the lab looked like Uga the bulldog(the University of Georgia mascot). The larger spaniels looked like they were on the brink of a heart attack after one lap around the ring.

Fwiw, the BOB Brittany was sired by an AFC MH. And I'm pretty sure there are more DC Britts than any other breed.

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Rick Hall

· #18 · Feb 5, 2007

ksubigbuck said:
Steve, I'm glad someone else said it too. It's sad and pathetic. Maybe in a few years when I drop some titles on my BLM, I'll enter him in a show just so some people will open their eyes. I wonder if show people know that their labs don't look like labs anymore?

Hunter

There's the solution to breed splits. Wasn't show folks who moved away from hunting dogs so much as hunting dog folks not showing. Is my understanding that the Brittany specialties used to be held in the same place and Dual believers would pretty much drag field dog handlers and their charges into the ring to keep the breed's dual nature alive. And, as with Chessies, it's still good puppy/semen marketing to run field titled dogs through the ring for their Duals.

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