Dumbest things that you've heard.

I know a guy that had a field trial bird dog that kept getting disqualified because he would start fights with the dog he was braced with. AND he had laid the leather on him so much for that he would drop on point with the handler walked up to him.

Sooooooooooooooo, he and some buddies started their own field trial club and changed the rules a little. If a dog dropped on point it was not a disqualification because the dog was trying to hide from the birds and it showed supreme intelligence.

I still have the hand book because nobody would believe me when I told them about the BS rules.