Prue Winkfield wrote:Alex in Australia Versatiles are called Utility Gundogs. Various clubs run field trials for these dogs and they can run in retrieving trials which are for all breeds of gundog.
Thanks for your response Prue. I'm keen to gauge any interest among "Utility Gundog" folk on setting up something along the lines of the NAVHDTA or the JGHV testing systems. Field and retrieving trials are great but there is a lot more we can do with many of the "Gundog" breeds here. There is a considerable level of interest in the use of the Gundog breeds in the hunting of several deer species in Victoria, in particular Sambar. I regularly hunt over "Gundogs" (versatile breeds) in Europe and the US. It would be good to see something along the lines of the above systems happening here?