Diana  Offline
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No.of Labs: 5+
Lab Names: Mallie, Fish, Tom, Bondy, Mia, Ruby & Otter!
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 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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" I suppose I was just musing really, on whether it would ever be possible to produce a dual champion. "
The ;ast dual champions were in the 40's...a hell of a long time ago. No, the split between what is seen to be correct both for working and show - AND the numbers and quality of the dogs competiting have made it impossible, really, to have a dual champion these days. Its commendable really for a show champion to get to a standard in the awards at novice and below working tests, or for a dog with field trial awards to get the odd place in the less competitive show classes (but only one person in the country really has a dog with field trial awards who also seriously shows him and that is CH Carpenny Anchor and Joy Venturi Rose who has ore of a foot in trials than showing but inherited a show champion to teach to run in trials, which she has, and he has two field trial awards now).
He is the only dog in the country in that position. A fighting chance at any level of showing and awards in trials.
The thing is, its not just a sad reflection on the breed today or anything, its more about the standards we have now set - the class sizes at championship shows, the quality of dogs at championship shows. There might be 30 in a class at championship shows, and even 13 years ago when I first showed a dog I can remember in the lower championship show classes, Maiden, Novice, Undergraduate etc very average quality dogs could win or get places. These days, especially in the bitch classes, the winner of these classes can easily be an excellent dog who has won from 15 or 17 dogs and be in the running for the ticket!
Trials, look at fields. To get a sniff of making your dog up you have to run in open stakes of course. Well apply to run in one and you will, chances are, be one of maybe 100 dogs in the draw for 12 places. So its not JUST, with trials, being good enough to run and do well, but utter fluke to get a run...to be drawn out the hat from that 100, sometimes 120 dogs applying to run in that trial.
I know a guy, who needed one more one day open win to make his dog up, he belonged to 30 clubs round the country, and for TWO YEARS his dog didn't get a singe run. can you imagine the work put in to not get a single run in a competition all season? heartbreaking.
So that is what we are up against here and it is often over looked.
Di
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