ORIGINAL: Truth be told....
Well just the fact that labs are in a divison that is a pointing divison, shows a lack of credibility of those things. They want the guys money so they(the people who put these events on) have lowered the bar so low that basically any breed of dog can enter in the pointing divison, or can be called a pointer, if the owner has enough money to get the standards changed. It is hunting dog blasphemy!![:-]
Er - Uh - not quite correct. The only dogs allowed in the pointing division are the various pointing breeds - the various setter breeds and pointing labs. If you're going to 'dis' something, you need to learn a little more about it first.
You probably have run in some good Pointer events (congrats if you have), buthave you ever run in a "run and gun" event? It really doesn't sound like you have.
What do you think of the National Bird Dog Challenge?
It's organizations like NAVHDA, NSTRA and some other pointing dog organizations that won't allow PLs to compete that is blasphemy. PLs took 1st, 2nd and 4th places in the first NAVHDA trial in which they were allowed (the Pres. of NAVHDA ran PLs in that event! ! ) It only took a year or two for PLs to be 'disallowed''................Hmmmmm. Ever wonder why? It's because the elitist pointer dog folks couldn't stand being whipped by a Labrador, that's why.
You need to do some study in NAVHDA history.
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