![]() I want to be clear that this issue is not just a field trialer issue, it is a hunting and sporting dog issue. Many, many field trialers are also members of other organizations such as PF, DU, QU, etc. I personally don't know a field trialer that is not a hunter, even the pro handlers that I know are hunters. As a matter of fact the recently started North Central Michigan chapter of thte RGS was started by field trialers. other than that, i'm pretty neutral on the subject.īrad is correct, it would be hard to find a trialer that is not a RGS member. you can join on line if you wish- at any rate this isnt a dog ownership issue or hunting rights issue, it's a very limited issue regarding whether public land, funded in part through Pittman Robertson, can be used for field trialing.Īs i said, i've come to appreciate the grouse trial dogs, and for that reason would hate to see the demise of trialing. ![]() people should join just to add to the numbers, which translates into political influence, even if they dont care to attend banquets and dinners. i've recommended it in a couple messages. SteelheadFred is correct, if we have 4000 members in Mich, and i think that is fairly accurate, we should have more. i spoke from my own knowledge of membership in my chapter, maybe it sidetracks things too much and i should have left it out. but if you are asking for support, you need to have offered your support. The other point that i was trying to make is that each group is pretty small, and field trialers may well be the smallest. I can see arguements that can be made pro and con, but my personal opinion is that the USF&W is correct. the US Fish and Wildlife Service is saying, in essence, that field trialing does not fall under the guidelines for use of Pittman-Robertston funds. Just to clarify, the use of field trials on public land is not a lawsuit filed by some "animal rights" group. even if it were $100 apiece i dont think that would be enough. John is talking about dues of $10- $20,000 altogether to fight the USF&WS. if every one of them participated, they couldnt raise enough money to mount a sucessful defense of a suit. i've heard there are only about 2 thousand field trialers in the US. i give to other organizations, such as PF, even though i have no interest in it, because i see them giving back. but as the saying goes, "you have to give a little to get a little". I would like to see trials continue in Mich and other states so that the kind of dogs that i wish to hunt with continue to be produced. and some, including Bruce Minard do judge the RGS hunting dog trials. now there are a couple casual trialers, in that chapter, but to the best of my knowledge, that's it. but he also helped found and was the first president of our RGS chapter. the RGS entered into that suit and spent a great deal of money helping defend. One of our national forests was under attack by a lawsuit by the Sierra Club(as i recall). they do pay a fee to run a trial, but as they are seeing that is a tiny percentage of what it would cost to lease that land privately. for example, there is no license for field trialing that would help support our DNR that maintains the grounds. ![]() it's time we start fighting back to combat this menace to our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO OWN AND TRAIN DOGS.Īll my dogs are directly out of grouse trial stock and i have a vested interest in seeing trials continue.īut i have some ambivilent feelings as i dont see trialers, as a group, "buying into" the hunting side. more will be posted as this becomes available. Check out the website at Ī blogsite for the organization is in the works. They need your support of finances, as well as your willingness to spread the word and to participate in the start-up process. The new organization, the American Sporting Dog Alliance, is just getting off the ground. Regardless of your particular interest, IF YOU OWN A DOG, YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS POSTING. the right to own, train, breed and compete with our dogs. John Yates, a well known field trialer from the Pennsylvania area, has begun an effort to organize our many factions and come together for a common cause. ![]() There is only one way to fight this threat. That means no field trials, hunting dogs, pets, companion animals, bench show, agility, obedience, flyball, and all the dog sporting events that we enjoy and love. Animal rights activists, who are well funded and well organized, are working to eliminate the ownership of all animals. And, lest you think that field trials are an isolated instance of this trend, you are mistaken. Animal rights activists over the past several years have placed subversive but effective pressure on field trial grounds access, with the result that we are losing these grounds for trialing. As many of you are already aware, field trials and the field trial way of life are in serious jeopardy throughout the USA. ![]()
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