Maja Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I found this information here Today, my dogs live with me in Brazil, on a farm. I have 3 more pure-bred Filas which I am attempting to teach snake detection, but all of them work with stock, in fact one of them got a 3rd place in a USBCHA event against 10 border collies, 2 rotties and 2 GSD's. Does anybody knows what sort of trial it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 When I saw that the person lived near Los Angeles, I wondered if it might have been something that one of those "all-breed training centers" (the kind that caters to hobby "herders" with traditional and non-traditional "herding" breeds) put on where their students are the main participants. This could have been a Novice or even Beginners (rare to find those) class attached to a USBCHA-sanctioned Open trial, and this person (and the mentioned dogs) participating in the novice class (that, since it isn't USBCHA-sanctioned, would only be USBCHA-style). I can't imagine those breeds running at all successfully in an Open trial but some folks have been known to get sanctioning for trials that are not in the least suited for providing National Finals qualifying points. At one arena trial I was at earlier in the day, a Sheltie won the Open class both days on sheep - very well-trained dog suited to the very small course and provided stock, with a good handler. Plus, anyone can write anything and it doesn't make it so. But I'd guess my supposition above to be a likely scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maja Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thank you! Maja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Atwater Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 I found this information here Does anybody knows what sort of trial it was? Uh ... what Sue said. There is no way a Rottweiler or a German Shepherd could be competitive in an actual, USBCHA-sanctioned field trial. Maybe there was some non-sanctioned, USBCHA-style Novice class, but even then ... German Shepherds? Rotties? Mixed with any outrun over 100 feet? Whatever that trial claimed to be, that variety of breeds in a single trial would seem guaranteed to be an all-breed venue, not USBCHA. ~ Gloria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalahundur Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 How would a fila pen I wonder, probably grabs them by the neck and throws them in.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 How would a fila pen I wonder, probably grabs them by the neck and throws them in.... Heh-heh! Jovi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie Meier Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 I envisioned a cattledog trial not sheep, but then sounded like the trial was in Brazil, so could be her way of describing the trial, basically what her view of USBCHA type of trial is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maja Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 :lol: Smalahundur, I must defend the Fila - large dogs usually are very gentle towards their livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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