GUIDELINES FOR EHTICAL TRAINING AT NATIONALS |
The object of the National is to bring out the best performance
TO FURTHER THIS END:
As much training may be done each day as required BEFORE entering
the trials grounds or AFTER running a test. NO TRAINING may be done
after observing a test until after you have run.
Train with as many people as required, excluding any person who has
been to the trial and observed the test in progress.
Train on designated areas or ask permission on private property.
Keep corrections away from the public eye and ear.
Dispose of birds in a manner that will not effect public perception,
or disrupt another training group.
It is our belief that once a test is viewed,
any training which follows will be tainted and distorted by the viewing. Whether
training alone or with a group, the viewing of the test will be reflected in
what is done and how it is done. This influence is inevitable. Even if only
the mannerisms of the handlers are influenced the test will be reflected. It
well be reflected in the number of retrieves and whether the retrieves are
short or long. It will be reflected in whether the retrieves are across the
ditch, along the ditch, up the hill or down the hill, into the wind, crosswind,
or downwind. Whether they be marks or blinds, whether "pattern work" sets up
a mark or a bind, short or long, the test will be reflected. It may be reflected
in so little as voice tone. |
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Any
training done before actual viewing of the test is guesswork. Any training
done after viewing is unfair advantage. This advantage is true even if the
test is carried into the next day. When a test is carried to the next day the
competitors have had the advantage of observing (or training prior to arriving
at the trial) all the previous day's work. Often there is also the advantage
of partial call-backs. Any "disadvantage" of
running the following day is outweighed by the advantage of knowing what the
other dogs have done. Training overnight is an unfair advantage to late competitors. |
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Rotation
is the means of neutralizing the draw. By and large it does a good
job. Dogs which run early in one test will run
late in the next test. Sometimes running early
is best, sometimes late is best. One thing for
sure, once you've seen the test, any training done
is not fair competition. |
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The future
of our great sport depends upon the ethical guidelines which we place upon ourselves.
In the final analysis we are only competing against ourselves. We're only winning
or losing according to how we conduct ourselves. |
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When training
at any time, caution should be taken to keep the image of field trails at a high
level. Ask permission to train on private grounds. Keep corrections away from
the public eye and ear and dispose of birdes properly. |
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The object
of the National is to bring out the best performance. The best performance involves
every aspect of preparation and every part of ourselves. The winner is within. |
