Thomas&Merete-Kennel Alvertoppen's Comments

Hi Metete and Thomas, I am enjoying looking at your photos..I used to live in Bergen ( a long time ago) and have very fond memories of it...still have friends there..it's a beautiful place indeed. best wishes...sammi

Hi Merete,
thanks for the invite to the R&W groups - but I'm actually already member of both;-))
Love your videos and look forward to seeing more of Skady and Snoopy!
best regards
Susan

Hei Meterete. Ja, dette var litt av en internettside. Her var det litt flere av oss med RHIS enn på andre sider ! Birk har nå rundet året, der han er i en alder som er noe utfordrende. Litt yr - kan vi vel si han er... men det roer seg vel litt med tiden får vi håpe. Ellers får jeg bare gratulere dere med prisen forrige helg. Veldig bra å se at rasen kan hevde seg på utstilling. Vi snakkes. mvh Chris

Thanks Merete,

Deborah.

Hei igjen og takk for din filmkommentar Merete. Kan vel si at også jeg er litt spent på hvordan Birk vil oppføre seg på Hjerkinn. Hans søk på Lifjell lover bra, så vi får se om han kan leve opp til våre forventninger. Var dette søket kun var et blaff, eller er det faktisk slik han er.....? " time vil sjå" Uansett lover det godt. =o)

mvh Chris

Hei
Det går fint med Polly. Såret i poten har grodd fint, så vi var på noen skiturer i påsken. Nå sykler vi en del. Hun er ei aktiv jente med mye energi som skal ut Vi er også med på avd 2 sitt dressurkurs og det trengs da hun er i "trassalderen" for tiden. Vi gleder osstil samlinga på Hjerkinn. Har dere tengt dere på Folldalsutstillinga i år?
Hilsen Fred Harald

Morsomt med filmen som er lagt ut på NISK sine hjemesider. Er det dere som er arkitekten bak den ?

Hello, ...very busy weekend...just catching up. Duncan is from Canada..his sire is Shireoak Caniscaeli Windsong and the dam is Caniscaeli Just One Look. To go back farther, I would need his paperwork...which I left at work!!
It looks wonderful where you live...Duncan can run for days!!!I am sure he would enjoy your countryside very much!!

Maggie & Duncan

Yes, I've personally been to 3 Trials and there are two owners in CA and one in Ohio that have competed several times. No one has got a first place for points yet, but we have had several placements as high as second place.

Hi...I'm not sure yet if I can come, it depends on the date of my exams at university..but I hope it will be possible :-)

Takk for kommentar! :D Kommer flere bilder etterhvert! :)

Hello Merete
It was so good to meet you at the Festival ;o])) I am so pleased you enjoyed the weekend and have reported to Norway.
Would you be so kind as to send a few words about what you thought of the Festival weekend? We would like to have a page of comments from our visitors for the next GB Club Newsletter.
Many thanks
I love your page here!!

Hi Merete & Thomas,
Your video of your two Setters is smashing.
Thanks for your comments on my photos both at West Woods near Marlborough, Wiltshire where we spent over an hour walking in this large wood with carpet upon carpet of deep coloured bluebells - the scent was amazing.
The landscape photo was taken at my favourite haunt called The Gallops which is near Calne, Wiltshire and only about twenty minutes drive from my home. You can walk for a couple hours and my boy, Ray, loves it up there both quartering the vast fields and training.
Yes, we are into the working side of the breed and I am really pleased at how much we have achieved.
To answer your question on the Bronze, Silver and Gold Kennel Club Good Citizen's Tests. These are obedience Tests for owners of all dogs to show their handling skills and good manners in their dogs. If you go to the website of the United Kingdom's Kennel Club you can read up on the Tests.
It is a bit lengthy for me to type all of it up on here but if you email me privately I can send you more details. However, try the Kennel Club's website first.
I am hoping to enter Ray, my R/W boy, into the Silver in a short while and then have a go at the Gold Test.
I believe it is important to both exercise our dogs mentally as well as physically. I thoroughly enjoy training Ray on the working side of the breed and have made so many friends and close acquaintances since entering him into the different gundog events.
Hope to speak with you again soon.
Best wishes.
Pat

Heisann, og takk for det.. Flotte bilder hos dokker åsså, av vakre hunder og natur :) Nei det e en Breton det der.. Kvalpen Wambli kommer ifra Tintoramas Kennel, Tispa Nouit kommer ifra Snyfjellets-Red Kennel og Gamlingen han Loke kommer ifra Tømtlias Kennel.. En dokkers da? :) Ha en knaill uke me dokkers fire beinte :)

Hei Merete & Thomas. Angel er den tispa som kom på Lennigen forrige vinter. Hun var selvfølgelig alt for tykk og mannen trodde at hunden ble utlært av seg selv. Hun eies av Ann Jess som forteller at hun finner fugl og tar stand, hvis det er utgangspunktet så mener jeg resten er opp til eieren. Astor er en flott hund som jeg kommer til å bruke i avlen om 3-4 år. God apportør og går agillity. Emma, som eier han, liker ikke de metoder som brukes der hun bor så hun savner et godt miljø for fuglehundtrening.

Thanks so much...I am still bewildered myself...Never would i have imagined years ago when I first started to celebrate such a champion. Plus she is sooo sweet and loving. Thanks again. Fiorella

Excellent result for Skadi! Congratulations! Now go, go, go in the Winners Stakes!

Two more IRWS puppies are arriving in Norway today, Dalriach Pink Pepper (Dalriach Auchindoun ex Pepperstown Polly) is going to Thor Erik Pape, and her brother Dalriach Philosopher is going to Kari Michelsen Einarsson

Hi Merete,
Thanks for adding your comment to the discussion...I have left the discussion because some of the comments directed at me became rather abusive. I have in the UK some extremely old lines of show dogs who actually are quite similar to some some working dogs lines. I quite apprecciate your comments about the coats...I have witnessed the same when I go on some field training sessions and I know that a lot of UK Show Champions carry far too much coat to be of any use in the field as a Gundogs! Regards, Catherine.

Since I belong only to the United Kennel Club (UKC), I can only speak for the red and whites there.

The interesting thing about UKC is that all its trials are open to all breeds, so the IRWs compete with Brittanys, red setters, English setters, German shorthairs, pointers, and the like.

The UKC has one major champion that I know of now, Buzz O'Nichol. He is a dual-dog champion in show and the field. We have several others working their way up the ladder. UKC has several levels of field dogs from the beginning TAN title to champion with Hunting Dog and Gun Dog titles.

As to the AKC, I am not associated with that registry, so I don't know where their red and whites are in their quest for field champions. The AKC's trials I think are breed-specific and have different rules and regulations.

As I mostly hunt my dogs, I will be going to a UKC trial in March. I will see what dogs are progressing.

Greg