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you are welcome. In my blog under this category there are some articles about FT in the UK (you have to browse around a little as some are in Italian and some are in English)

http://dogsandcountry.it/category/amm/

http://dogsandcountry.it/2017/10/20/lad ... -jon-kean/ an interesting Pointer story...

Informative thread, glad SP raised the question. Anybody in these precincts by chance communicate with Derry Argue? - would be keen to hear his take on today's pointers in the UK. MG no but I have his book :-) If you trust my opinion (field trials issues asides) I saw good dog, some are less stylis...

Hello, I have been following British Field trials since 2015 and English Pointers are probably the most represented breed, I saw some pointers I liked more than others but overall I see the breed in good health. The type of pointers I see in the UK is somehow/sometimes different from the Italian typ...

Naj you should come and see some or locate some videos on you tube http://www.cacciaedintorni.it/web/speciale-setter-montenetto-2017/ you can see me around minute 4... notice the different handling :-D I am also present at the end of the video (the videomaker chased me until I accepted to answer him...

What Naj writes about ranging farm independence, wealthy clients, sadly is true... But not caused by these trials. Grande Cerca (Grande Quete) is the main culprit... people simply run because they are excited.... I get teased as I do not run... Friends awarded me the "snail trophy" lol.......

Me again... not all trials are run on planted birds, sometimes birds have been released close to the trial dates though.
Our trials are not easier than British trials, not at all, I describe some of the differences here http://dogsandcountry.it/2017/03/17/fin ... -it-vs-uk/

Hello, trying to answer each qyestion slowly (going through each post and editingaccording to what I will read. I am Italian and I am the only Italian (so far) that runs both in UK trial and in Italian FCI trials... Hence... well.. I feel like I am exactly what you need. First of all we have differe...

English Rose... or as the GWP people say.. "white chocolate"

I think I have just been mentioned! (is Rossella writing) and it's funny because I know Sara Chichester and Dom Goutorbe as well. And... sam of course. What so you need exactly? It would be nice to know the puppy bloodlines. My ES has several Mountain Trialers as ancestors but seems to be trainable ...