Intermediate and Veteran 1st July 2018

Veteran and Intermediate Working Test held at Stonehill Wood on 1st July 2018

Our Hosts: By kind permission of Mrs S Kilmorey

Our Judges:  Kelvin Selway and Roger Ford

The Tests:

Test 1: The same for both Intermediate and Veteran groups, was a double blind without shot. The first dummy was straight along a track, the second was at the same distance but to the right, placed in a ditch. Keeping dogs hunting steadily to work into the ditch rather than jump over the top was a challenge for some.

Test 2: A hunting exercise in the wood for both groups. 4 dummies were placed in an area with no shot, the judge required dogs to pick two retrieves. The cover in the wood challenged the dogs in some places.

Test 3: A long mark with shot over a ditch and into an area of long grass cover. A distraction was thrown across the dogs on the return. Dogs were sent back for the distraction to finish the exercise. The veterans started from a different point so the did not have to jump the ditch. Some dogs were distracted by the diversion!

Test 4: For both groups, was a blind with shot in the wood, dogs were sent across a track through a wooded area out onto a second track for a blind placed on the far side. Some dogs got distracted into the cover in the wood before pushing out onto the second track.

Test 5: After lunch both groups finished with a 4-dog walk up. For the veterans, there was a double mark, both with shot. The first retrieve on the dog’s side of the line, followed by the second retrieve crossing the line. Over slightly longer distances, the intermediates had a forward mark with shot but had to pick a blind without shot to the left first.

 

Veteran Awards

 

PositionNameBreed / SexDog Name
1st Mrs M Jarrod GRD Lilleburne Ripple Reed
2nd Miss A Jones LB Dealminster Twig
3rd Mrs J Gardner GRB Copleybent Ballistic of Foxcote
4th Mrs S Goode LB Poolmoor Luella
COM Mrs K Pennell LB Kilpen Pekan

 

 

 

Intermediate Awards

 

PositionNameBreed / SexDog Name
1st Mrs K Pennell LD Kilpen Bertie
2nd Mrs P Rodgers LD Greenfox Ash
3rd Mr K Phillips LD Fendawood Jacob
COM Mrs P Constantine LD Roxhart red Rum
COM Mrs D Polley LB Howgillhay Fennel of Gillhays
COM Mrs P Constantine GRD Briabar Flaming Finale