Quote Originally Posted by mjiorle View Post
Definitely don't suck at field trials. I used to train with 3 or 4 Dual Champion/AFC's. Trained just like the labs, by amateur not professional trainers. Good trainers that could read dogs. Just like Tha Dick said. That is always combined with genetics. The Chessies that trained in the group also hunted geese and pheasants regularly. Oh yeah, and they were house dogs as well.
I bought two pups from Linda and Mitch Patterson. They had a couple of Duals.