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Originally posted by Richard Lambert
You can tell that I have never made it to a truck hunt. 
And a jacket, small bag of Pro Plan w/ bowl. Purina is a sponsor for it too. This ticket is a goal for many and helps with club numbers and participation throughout the year.
When you have a hunt that 64 dogs are qualified for and less than 40 show up it needs a major overhaul. They made made changes to how dogs are chosen for this up coming Purina Nationals based on regions this year it may work time will tell. A couple of these regions are much more competitive than all the others. Example Demon is registered in Cheyenne and Dalton's names in that order. Demon won at an RQE, one night at the Zone and placed 5th in the World he doesn't get a ticket because of the region of Walkers he is in is very competitive (a good thing), if he was any other breed he would qualify. Now if his registration had been listed the other way Dalton then Cheyenne he would be in the SW region which includes Oklahoma where Dalton lives less than 20mi from us and he would have a ticket easily.
The problem with this hunt isn't in the Walker breed, it is the smaller breeds lack of showing up even when qualified. Last year there were breeds that only one dog entered (there were others who didn't sign up to come) and automatically collected $1,500 dollars despite never having hunted in a cast while other breeds had to make it to the finals to even collect a dime. For this reason I don't buy the BS that they like to hunt against their own and that increase their participation, the past numbers prove otherwise. Location was Illinois which is fairly centrally located. It is in the spring before the weather is hot and leaves are not on. Entry is free or only $50 for those without a Purina circle.
The problem lies in a mentality of not hauling their dogs to town to compete and one thing is for sure you can't win if you don't play. Where it comes from I don't know maybe you or others can answer that for your breeds It seems that there is a different attitude with many than there is in English dogs and Walkers from hunts to breeding. For the record we were beat by a Red dog that was on her game that night. Leonard and Daisy.
I for one do hope that what changes they made are successful for the up coming hunt but also think that the powers that be should be open to suggestions on the future of it. The original poster had a great suggestion of alternates that could be easily implemented and the only cost involved is a few phone calls. That is good business.
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