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Maybe where you are they don't help, but believe me, Pros and amateurs help out here on the East coast and in the Midwest help out a lot whenever they can. Again, HB trials are much different the. What you are used to, especially when you throw in championships. Weekend trials don't exist out here with the exception of a few clubs with great membership. My dog ran in 6 hour trials and one weekend trial this spring. I attended the weekend trial and also ran my dog. I helped with the dog wagon for two of the trials, there were about 120 entry's and the trial LOST money! The thing you don't realize is that in the HB game, amateurs RARELY have one dog on a string. HB is in a whole different world when it comes to cost, especially at the top level. I would have loved to see my dog run a lot more, but since the circuit took her to GA, AL, TN, OH, IL, and NE, it's kinda hard to make every trial, especially when she only runs in 1hr trials that usually occur during the week. I did help out at every trial I could drive to however. Btw. I just looked at all the trials my dog ran in and they averaged about 130 total entry's per trial.
What's your point, it's a hunt test, not a field trial. An AA championship can usually run 12 dogs a day. Its totally different. Hell, the AF Nationals run 4 dogs a day, 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. 90% of the MH in the pointing dog world can't hold a candle to a HB dog. I've seen it, a friend of mine has a nice little MH that couldn't cut it in the HB world, so he pinned a MH on it instead. Nice little dog, not much run.