Thanks Ladies, any ideas for getting him in the ring have since been abondaned-he just never seemed to take to any kind of 'show training' at all-and his happiness is paramount, whereas his 'field' training is coming on well..he is still only working with dummies but has been out with the gun, just for hearing sake, on a few occasions.
He has a super temperament and a nice look too him, i really like that he is 50/50 field and show bred..not too exadgerated show type look yet not OVERLY manic as most field type lines, sadly, tend too be nowdays (JMO of course but a lot of the field type lines really seem far too manic-even for an ess)
Will definatley have more and was sorely tempted when i heard that sometime next year a repeat mating of Ralph's dam and sire would be taking place, however i have told myself sternly no!! Two young dogs are quite enough for me, maybe a nice liver and white bitch in a few years time..but not for now.
