Do you give "E" for effort on the owner trained and handled too ?
These titles on both ends, give incentive to me, and keep my goals alive.
Right now, i'm looking into obedience with my boy, and will continue on the hunt test training with my girl. my boy took all my mistake training and i learned what NOT to do LOL. Even if i sought out professional training, I hope to get that "E" for effort for starting them to where the fine tuning is now needed. LOL.
It is not easy putting a Senior Hunter title on a Champion dog and it sure isn't for the faint hearted.
In my opinion, you either have the dog professionally trained or diligently train with professionals. Which is why I believe there are so few CH/SH/MH dogs currently alive.
I think in the future I will stick to working on WCX's - might be easier than shooting fish in a barrel.