Weekend full of exercise !

Here we are again with some news. And no, we didn't sat down on our lazy ass !

We have been working with both dogs. Filo had a TAN (Test d'Aptitude Naturel) on his program and the clubmatch of the retrieving work I've been doing with him for the last months.

Saturday, 6th August in the morning we took off to Gerpinnes, where the Weimaranerclub of Belgium organised her annual TAN. I have completely no experience with TANs nor field trials, so it was a complete new experience for me, and for my 'oldest son'. I picked out number 1, so Filo had the first run in the field. Two partridges were set in the field out of the sight of the dog.

Filo had never seen a partridge from close, so I was excited what he would do....

Filo in search of the partridges in a field of lucern

He searched the field thouroughly, with his head in the air, he found a partridge... but flushed him out without pointing and than ran behind the bird :-)

Comment of the judge Jean Nargaud : dog with excellent nose, good searching pattern, passion is in the dog but needs training to get his passion under control.

No TAN for Filo, but satisfied about the work he showed.

After the test, we let Filo and Oro ran in the fields...partridges and quails were calling them :-)

Oro Heinäron wombat

Filo clearing the pathway for little Oro

 Sunday noon, off to Hasselt for the clubmatch of the retrieving course I followed with Filo this spring. Filo had a mental relapse the last weeks; he still has to cope with his lack of socialisation during the first 6 months of his life, something he can't ever catch up. Filo did very well, despite some errors he made, which resulted in a score of 20 without the 2 :-)

The retrieving test exists of 8 tasks for the dog :

Filo's results, some mistakes lead to 2 zero's :-)

1.Follow on leach and loose

2.Lay down during 1 minute

3.Short retrieve on land

4.Short retrieve in deep water

5.Obedience

6.Marking retrieve on land

7.Lost retrieve on land

8.Retrieve over deep water

Here some pictures that were taken during some training sessions in july :

Oro in the arms of Katleen, proud owner of some longhaired weimaraners.

After the work, some quality time with each other.

August 15th, next item we have planned : field trial initiating day with JAC Orion, pheasants on the menu that day !