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Not bad for one weekend...
Spring? No! Heavy rain, cold & windy... not a weekend you'd plan to spend outside tramping behind muddy dogs - but we did, and it paid off:
On Saturday Coppersheen Dancing Light 'Dairine',11 months, owned by Heike, passed her Junior Field Trial (Jugendsuche) at a trial organized by the Verein f. Pointer u. Setter, Germany.
Just to make sure, she also ran in the Gordon Setter Club DE Junior Trials on Sunday. This time Dairine really impressed the judges in all aspects and got top marks!
Well done Heike & Dairine! Keep at it:-))
Meanwhile back home, Coppersheen Coalville Lad (Glen to his friends) took part in his first search dog trial (Sanitätshund grade 1) and came out on top, gaining 279 of 300 possible points.
(photo taken in summer 08)
In these trials the dogs have to search a designated wooded area for 3 missing people plus a jacket or rucksack. On finding, the dog is required to pick up a small kind of 'dummy' attached to the collar and bring this to the handler, then lead the handler back to the 'body'. The time limit is 20 minutes and the dogs must quarter the area systematically left & right whilst the handler remains on the middle line.
In addition to the search work there is also an obedience section: heel off the lead, sit, down, stay, retrieve a dumbell, two hurdles, the send away and finally 'creep' over 8 metres. No easy feat in the pouring rain... Good Dog:-))
On Saturday Coppersheen Dancing Light 'Dairine',11 months, owned by Heike, passed her Junior Field Trial (Jugendsuche) at a trial organized by the Verein f. Pointer u. Setter, Germany.
Just to make sure, she also ran in the Gordon Setter Club DE Junior Trials on Sunday. This time Dairine really impressed the judges in all aspects and got top marks!
Well done Heike & Dairine! Keep at it:-))
Meanwhile back home, Coppersheen Coalville Lad (Glen to his friends) took part in his first search dog trial (Sanitätshund grade 1) and came out on top, gaining 279 of 300 possible points.
(photo taken in summer 08)
In these trials the dogs have to search a designated wooded area for 3 missing people plus a jacket or rucksack. On finding, the dog is required to pick up a small kind of 'dummy' attached to the collar and bring this to the handler, then lead the handler back to the 'body'. The time limit is 20 minutes and the dogs must quarter the area systematically left & right whilst the handler remains on the middle line.
In addition to the search work there is also an obedience section: heel off the lead, sit, down, stay, retrieve a dumbell, two hurdles, the send away and finally 'creep' over 8 metres. No easy feat in the pouring rain... Good Dog:-))
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Comment by Kirsty williamson on March 31, 2009 at 3:42am
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Congratulations Susan what wonderful achievements for both dogs and their handlers , Brains and Beauty what a combination.
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Comment by Ulrike Reder-Marko on March 31, 2009 at 5:05am
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Super! Gratuliere zu den tollen Ergebnissen Deiner vielseitig begabten Hunden!
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Comment by Kasia Czapla on March 31, 2009 at 6:10am
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Congratulations Susan, you must be proud of your smart setters :)
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Comment by Nicole Wilson on April 3, 2009 at 5:31am
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Congratulations on such a successful weekend! Despite the awful weather!!! Viel Glück für alle weiteren Prüfungen!!
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