Mentorship
Unless your start in field trials came via an active field trial family, where the path forward seeped into you from childhood, your entrance to the sport was via a different journey. Like many girls and women in the sport my first love from childhood was horses. Competing in 4-H, Pony Club, and later in regular horse shows laid a solid foundation of presenting an animal to an audience. Kids are generally less inhibited than […]
Gun Dog Standard
Gun Dog Standard for Youth Field Trials (For trials and stakes whose host clubs do not have a standard of their own) Most field trialers*/upland bird hunters have a good idea of what a Gun Dog Standard is. Dogs competing in gun dog stakes are not required to be steady to wing and shot. In Youth Field Trials, young handlers are evaluated on their ability to handle their charges. They are permitted a helper who […]