ok,here is my two cents.....
i know of three dogs get wins in the opens at my local lil pack club and never bark.now,that is when i was at the hunt,how many more lp champs have gotten their win in the opens by hunt and handling?and as for the grand champion title in lil pack,yeah,that impresses me,but even that is easy to accomplish if your in the right area,i know of areas in ky and ohio that have 5,6 or more clubs within an hour or two of each other.think about it,a dog gets 40 points for a win at a trial with 15 opens,thats a big chunk out of the way and the owner was home in time to watch the noon news report,lol.few more tirals and places your a champion.then you can hit the small clubs that only have 4 or 5 champs each week and get your 5 wins in no time and your a grand,way to go
thare are a lot of grands out there that walked the easy path,but then on the other side you got some grands that win two or three big fives to get their lpgrch title,so the way i see it is it depends on the dog if i am impressed,thats why when someone tells me they have a grand i always ask,where did your dog get its wins,then i decide if i akm impressed or not.
but when a someone says i have a fc,i am impressed right away cause i dont know of an y fc dogs that had it easy,cause in akc,there is no hunt and handling,you run rabbits and you do it all day,not an hour here and an hour there,you run at least 5 to 6 hours if not more on the average.and you have to win 3 hunts,not one,and have a total of 120 pts to finish,and if you win a 15 dog hunt in akc,you only get 15 points,not 40.so,i feal it is harder to make a fc then a lprch for shure,but maqkin a dog a grand is sometimes as hard but it depends on the road traveled i guess,cause some dogs get the easy road and some dont.
as for ukc,never been to a trial so i cant really say................
jmho