),but nevertheless, I thought the dog guys would be interested in the Hunt Tests that we have in the US. These are not horseback Field Trials. but are rather walking events where the dog are judged againt a standard of performance rather than against each other. It takes 5 passing scrores(average of 7 out of 10 in all areas of testing, no less than a 5 in any) Titles are JH (junior hunter), SH (senior hunter) and MH( master hunter).Categories judged are:
POINTING: Intensity of its point, as well as its ability to locate (pinpoint) birds under difficult scenting conditions and/or confusing scent patterns. A 'flash' point cannot be graded as pointing.
TRAINABILITY: Willingness to be handled, its reasonable obedience to commands and its gun response. Senior hunting dog must stop on a wild flushed bird and may be commanded to do so without receiving a failing score.
HUNTING and BIRD FINDING ABILITY. A Senior hunting dog must point and hold its point until the bird has been shot or the dog has been released.
RETRIEVING: Land only, not water. To hand.
HONORING: A Senior hunting dog must honor; a handler may give a dog a verbal command to honor,but a Senior hunting dog must acknowledge that its bracemate is on point before it has been cautioned to honor. A dog that steals its bracemate's point cannot receive a Qualifying score.
It isn't easy. Last week at a Hunt Test, there were 6 dogs entered in Senior Hunter. Mine was the only one who qualified and "got a leg" of the 5 needed.
Here is Field Champion Jerelyn's Justa Stacked Deck, aka Demi. (#6 nationally in field trials for her breed --German Wirehaired Pointer--last year, #4 at the national Trial). We're planning on adding a MH to her name, but SH comes first. This is her third leg. She found 5 birds (quail) and handled and retrieved them all quite well. Scores were all 9s from both judges.
There are a lot of interesting things to do with your dog here. Besides hunt, of course.
I was really laughing aloud when reading this. The language and words are expressing frustration and helplessness. What is said is very true. Except those animals that are declared officially as "pests" non are allowed to be hunted. AFAIK only crows and rats are officially declared as pests. In some states wild boar hunt is allowed after getting official permission. But a point to be thought about is, humans are banned from conducting the act of "hunting" or does it also include the dogs? Animals in the wild are hunting as per the laws of nature. Why can't we allow our dogs to hunt? BTW does anyone has the text of the law that has "Banned" hunting in India. We can read it and figure out, if the dogs are "exempt" from the hunting ban and allowed to hunt?
However, so every dog has a chance, they are not wild birds, but preserve bird that have been put out there some hours previously.
