Fyrir neðan eru tvö bréf frá Larry sem er ræktandi Jazztime og Rascal sem eru afi og langafi Kötu hann hefur bæði prófað hundana í USA og Canada og eru feðgarnir Jazztime og Rascal Canadískir meistarar (CFC) en aðeins einn hundur á ári fær þennan titi.

 Ég spurði Larry um hanns skoðun og hvort hann yfir höfuð þekkti muninn á USA og Breskum field trial hundum:

Dear Ingolfur,

Thank you for your email letter and photos. We enjoyed your photo gallery.

I have not competed in a field trial in England but have read some about

them and seen photos. It appears to me that the English bred Lab is

considerably more stocky with shorter legs and muzzle. It also appears to me

that there is more stress placed on obedience and therefore the English dog

appears more calm. It appears to me also that many of their marks are

singles or doubles and that the range of the retrieve is shorter. The blind

retrieves appear shorter.

There is very little difference between American and Canadian field trials

now. The primary difference is that the Canadians can not shoot live birds

as is done in American field trials. In the Open-All age events both in

Canada and the U.S., marked retrieves are usually triples or quads with the

distance of each mark up to four hundred yards. The blind retrieves also may

be up to five hundred yards but usually around three hundred. The Canadian

and U.S. dogs are essentially the same blood lines. Our dogs are built more

for speed than the English Labs that I have seen.

Please let me know your opinion of the U.S./Canadian bred Lab.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Larry Calvert

Jazztime Labradors

Dear Ingolfur,

Thank you for your reply. It is interesting to us to learn about the field

trials in Iceland.

In answer to your questions Rascal weighs about 80 pounds while Trip

(Jazztime Frequent Flyer) weighs about 70 pounds, Trip is a little shorter

and more compact. They both are very athletic and wirey. They are the

opposite of being soft, very aggressive and outgoing.  Both are very

intelligent and easy to train in that you only have to show them some new

concept once. Even though they are aggressive, they want to please their

trainer. It makes training these pups quite easy.

After the field trial season is over in October I hunt almost every day.

They quarter nicely within shotgun range on pheasants and grouse. They have

great noses and trail the bird until quite close where they point. Their

point is very intense and stylish. They hold until I walk ahead of the dog

and flush the bird. They are a real pleasure to shoot over.

I hope that you will be happy with your pup.

Larry