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

[Susan Stone]

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.

[Catherine Carter]

Lovely photos! and the sun was shining too!

[Carmen Lorenzi]

Habe gehört, dass ihr an der Prüfung gewesen seid:-)))) Tolle Bilder und sicher ein genialer Tag!!!

[Nicole Wilson]

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???

[Myra Thomas-Rhodes]

Everybody happy and tired at the end of a good day.

[Susan Stone]

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;-))

[ursula wilby]

Happy...all around, well that can not be bad can it? Great photos as well! :-)

[Monique VIRY]

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 !!!

[Sharyn Latchford]

What super duper photos of Irish and Friends having a ball.....

Sharyn

[Petra Kasznár]

Oh, how I hate these tricks of the pheasants!!!!!!!! Nasty creatures!:)

[Alenka Pokorn]

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....