i was using the trial dog as an example becauase thay are at one end of the scale and the plodder at the other ,i was just putting a different angle on an interesting thread
i,m not having a pop at anyone just i think a lot is conditioning. ie the way we bring our dogs up
trial dogs are trained to be trial dogs and the dogs that work all day ,everyday are brought up that way inbetween are the beaters dogs etc