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SCAV Field Trial on pheasant in Corcelles, Switzerland, 29. August 2009


We knew it was not going to be easy...
By the end of the day not many of the 57 dogs entered (HPR breeds and Setters & Pointers) left with an award.
Glen was given three good runs and worked hard, but finally we got cheated by a clever pheasant that first 'legged it' in the sugar beet and then flushed behind him... The wind kept changing direction, the ground was dry and hard going for dogs and handlers and the pheasants refused to stay put! Still, it was a great day out!


photos are of English Setter 'Bea', Irish Setters Visky and Celtique (from France) and my Glen.

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Comment by Catherine Carter on August 30, 2009 at 8:33am
Lovely photos! and the sun was shining too!
Comment by Carmen Lorenzi on August 30, 2009 at 9:42am
Habe gehört, dass ihr an der Prüfung gewesen seid:-)))) Tolle Bilder und sicher ein genialer Tag!!!
Comment by Nicole Wilson on August 30, 2009 at 10:33am
Mitmachen ist alles!! :-)) Well done to Glen and all the others even if it didn't turn out quite the way you liked it. Were they real wild Swiss pheasants???
Comment by Myra Thomas-Rhodes on August 30, 2009 at 10:42am
Everybody happy and tired at the end of a good day.
Comment by Susan Stone on August 30, 2009 at 11:48am
Yes, a sunny day, happy dogs, happy people, happy pheasants (after all, they were realeased from captivation that morning and all got away unscathed to live another day at least... - Nicole, quite right, they were NOT real wild Swiss pheasants, they were french immigrant pheasants trying to become swiss;-))
Comment by ursula wilby on August 30, 2009 at 1:45pm
Happy...all around, well that can not be bad can it? Great photos as well! :-)
Comment by Monique VIRY on August 30, 2009 at 2:07pm
Les faisans français n'ont pas été fair play : ils auraient pu être plus coopératifs et plus de chiens auraient marqué des points ;-)) En tous cas, tous ont l'air de s'être donnés à coeur joie !!!
Comment by Sharyn Latchford on August 30, 2009 at 6:03pm
What super duper photos of Irish and Friends having a ball.....

Sharyn
Comment by Petra Kasznár on August 31, 2009 at 1:48am
Oh, how I hate these tricks of the pheasants!!!!!!!! Nasty creatures!:)
Comment by Alenka Pokorn on August 31, 2009 at 3:17am
Terrific photos and looks like it was a great day for everyone. Our club has at the moment training weekends on quail and I hear they have a lot of fun, unfortunately Pika and me are stuck at home with 11 little piranhas....

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