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Irish Setter Club Belgium Field Trial at Bertinchamps (B) - 30/8/2009 - Judge: M. de le Hoye (B)
For the first Field Trial organised by our breed club, Fletcher of McBirdy pulled it off !
He won the first place with the qualification 'VERY GOOD !
14 dogs were engaged: some from The Netherland, some from France and of course from Belgium.
After training days, it was the great day !
Weather was fine and phesants seem not to be so clever than in Switzerland (see Susan's blog) !
I must say that Fetcher surprised me. In fact, I pulled out the Joker (the last place) and in 'Amateurs' competitions, it's a bad one. Your dog has to wait for a long time, seeing others dogs running in the Field. And also, there are a lot of 'hot places' where game are laid down.
But it was a special run for Fletcher.
He started in a speedy way, making good search and braces.
Suddenly, he took emanations and ran on ahead at a hundred meters from me and pointed in a very strong way.
I thought "he is going away" and I ran fastly to him. But he did'nt leave ! He was waiting for me and we can flushed the pheasant.
Fletcher stayed in place, so the judge gave him the point. And he continued in the same way, he found another bird, pointed it and received another point. Wouh !!
The judge finaly give him the first place with the 'VERY GOOD' qualification and confessed he hesitated to give him an excellent.
It was also a good day for our french friends Cathy and Christophe Forster: both their dogs were also qualified.
Full results are:
1st VG - Fletcher of McBirdy - IRS
2nd VG - United Spots O'Hara - IRWS
3rd G - Fay O'Conlock - IRS
4th G - Cotton Candy de la Cour Saint Florent - IRS
5th CQN- Dansk dynasty Denzo - PO
It's a great achivement for us. We are proud to confirm it's possible to have good results in Field Trial with dogs from show lines. But you have to train earlier, with patience and perseverance.
With this result (and CACIB he obtained on show), he can aspire now to be 'INT.B.CH' (International Beauty Champion'
He won the first place with the qualification 'VERY GOOD !
14 dogs were engaged: some from The Netherland, some from France and of course from Belgium.
After training days, it was the great day !
Weather was fine and phesants seem not to be so clever than in Switzerland (see Susan's blog) !
I must say that Fetcher surprised me. In fact, I pulled out the Joker (the last place) and in 'Amateurs' competitions, it's a bad one. Your dog has to wait for a long time, seeing others dogs running in the Field. And also, there are a lot of 'hot places' where game are laid down.
But it was a special run for Fletcher.
He started in a speedy way, making good search and braces.
Suddenly, he took emanations and ran on ahead at a hundred meters from me and pointed in a very strong way.
I thought "he is going away" and I ran fastly to him. But he did'nt leave ! He was waiting for me and we can flushed the pheasant.
Fletcher stayed in place, so the judge gave him the point. And he continued in the same way, he found another bird, pointed it and received another point. Wouh !!
The judge finaly give him the first place with the 'VERY GOOD' qualification and confessed he hesitated to give him an excellent.
It was also a good day for our french friends Cathy and Christophe Forster: both their dogs were also qualified.
Full results are:
1st VG - Fletcher of McBirdy - IRS
2nd VG - United Spots O'Hara - IRWS
3rd G - Fay O'Conlock - IRS
4th G - Cotton Candy de la Cour Saint Florent - IRS
5th CQN- Dansk dynasty Denzo - PO
It's a great achivement for us. We are proud to confirm it's possible to have good results in Field Trial with dogs from show lines. But you have to train earlier, with patience and perseverance.
With this result (and CACIB he obtained on show), he can aspire now to be 'INT.B.CH' (International Beauty Champion'
Comment
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Comment by Alenka Pokorn on September 4, 2009 at 2:08am - This is an outstanding result for you and Fletcher. Many congratulations!!!!!
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Comment by Kikki Dyrendahl on September 2, 2009 at 3:19am - Congratulations !! Superresult!!
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Comment by McBIRDY - Jean DUHANT on September 1, 2009 at 4:48pm
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Hi everybody !
I will thank you everyone for your encouragements !!
I am so proud to prove the qualities of our irishs (in general) both on shows and on the fields !!!
Thanks also to my wife Noëlla for her patience !
Thanks to Fletcher !!
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Comment by Henk ten Klooster on September 1, 2009 at 4:48pm
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Good to experience the committee of the Belgian club is active to promote field sports.
The Irish Setter Club of Belgium provides a bridge for beginners to reach a level of CAC/CACIT trials. Maybe this might resurrect a Belgian national team for the EC of working Irish setters. That needs some self-critics on average style shown (not above continental lowest category - so not within setter-parameters of FCI rules), but everything needs to begin somewhere. Thats the point here. Good luck.
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Comment by Nicole Wilson on September 1, 2009 at 1:50pm - Brilliant result! Congratulations to you and Fletcher and keeping my fingers crossed for you for the autumn/winter trials! Nice photo!!
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Comment by Cathy Forster on September 1, 2009 at 12:48pm -
Hi !
we are very happy to have done the travel from France. It was a very nice day, and we saw good dogs. Grats to Jean and Fletcher. Of course, we are very proud of our dogs : Arouenn and specialy Cotton Candy who did her first field and finished with a Good !! I have some fotos but don't know how to put them on line (I'm a junior !!!)
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Comment by Marta Galuszka on September 1, 2009 at 11:57am
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Great result guys:)
Congratulations!
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Comment by Lynne Murray Hogsflesh on September 1, 2009 at 10:57am - Congrtulations, you must have been over the moon! How good to see that our breed in the right hands can still do what they were bred to do. I wish you many more successes in the future. Success in the show ring too....just shows that beauty & brains can go together........proves RogerMugford wrong doesn't it!
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Comment by Lynne Murray Hogsflesh on September 1, 2009 at 10:57am
- Congrtulations, you must have been over the moon! How good to see that our breed in the right hands can still do what they were bred to do. I wish you many more successes in the future. Success in the show ring too....just shows that beauty & brains can go together........proves RogerMugford wrong doesn't it!
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Comment by Wilko Jansen on September 1, 2009 at 10:56am - well done jean. congratulations. you and fletcher can be VERY PROUD. a credit to our lovely breed.
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