Field trialers

Comment by Carmel Murphy on November 3, 2010 at 2:36pm

Not quite a field trialler yet!! But possibly in the future after qualifying my two girls at the gundog test for show dogs in the Wicklow Mountains last Sunday!! I am very interested in just learning all about trials anyway!!

Comment by Susan Stone on November 3, 2010 at 2:48pm

Hey Carmel, that is brilliant! Any photos?
There is a 4-day aumtumn field trial in Muttersholtz, Alsace, from Nov 11 - Nov 14. Fingers crossed!
Where do you train your dogs, Wim and Carmel? I go mainly to France and Germany.

Comment by Wim Dokter on November 3, 2010 at 2:53pm

I started training with the age off nine weeks old. And I have to drive some 40 km to another city where I can find some fasants.
But sone there will be no more. Because there building houses at that place.

Then whe have to find another place?

Comment by Carmel Murphy on November 3, 2010 at 3:25pm

No photos Susan! Just a photo taken at the end with the two judges and two wet dogs(+wet handler and judges!!) Photo has not been sent to me yet!! The weather was very bad on the mountain on Sunday! I can find some pheasant to practice on locally!! And for snipe I only travel for half an hour near where I used to live. For mountain training I will have to travel 2 hours, but now that I have had a taste for the mountain I know where to go. The mountains also have grouse but we have not found those yet;o))

Comment by Susan Stone on November 3, 2010 at 3:30pm

It is not easy when the wildlife is just not available... 170km (2 hrs) to go training. I agree once you've been on the moors to hunt grouse with your dog, you've (almost) been in heaven. Definitely setter heaven!
Carmel, is it too far for you to go to Reeth KC training days in Yorkshire in March? 5 days before or 10 days after Crufts. I'll be there:-))

Comment by Carmel Murphy on November 3, 2010 at 3:34pm

I would have to look at the finances next year!!;o) I am going to Crufts anyway so could think about it;o)

Comment by Wim Dokter on November 4, 2010 at 3:27am

In March I went with Gerard Mirck (Pallas Green) to France. There he competed 2 day's at the trials organized by the France Red club. I didn't had a Setter at that time!

It was great to be there. The atmosphere was realy great.Good organized and very nice people. And I had the oppurtunity to watch the European Champion 2010 in Italy Apache (grand father off my dog).

Comment by Susan Stone on November 5, 2010 at 7:43am

Hi Christiane!
Now you are here, I hope you will tell us all about Kimi's success...;-)) Congrats again!
Wim, will you be trialling your youngster?

Comment by Wim Dokter on November 5, 2010 at 12:25pm

I did already did one field trial a month ago. I wanted him to experrience such a day.
Know whe will wait to spring next year. And maby there will be some field trails in Germany near his breeder.

Comment by Wim Dokter on November 5, 2010 at 2:24pm

Susan is there Dutch blood in your dogs?

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