john fallon said:
FT and HT's are similar but different games, so the logic of moving up to QAA from MH is fundamentally flawed.
Bunk.
That is one of the most ignorant statements I have ever read on these boards, and quite honestly I am surprised to hear it from you. Usually you know better.
People can deny it all they want, but when it comes to the dog work, which is at the heart of both, the games are so similar as to be identical. You are testing the same concepts and abilities. The main difference is the "window dressing" on AKC HTs which FTs realize to be as "only so much window dressing."
Proof in the pudding? We recommend the same training books to advanced HTers as we do to FTers!
NOTE: The above comments apply exclusively to AKC HTs and not HRC/UKC HTs. Because in HRC/UKC HTs the dogs are taught to mark off the gun, there is at least one fundamental difference not existing in AKC HTs.