Nordicsky gundogs: ERTÜ

Kuvatud on postitused sildiga ERTÜ. Kuva kõik postitused

In the second ever Working Test held in Estonia, I was acting like secretary to judges Tomi Sarkkinen (Finland) and Miso Sipola (Finland). It was a nice winter day with a lots of snow (first time in Estonia to hold a test in winter) and many great participants from Estonia and neighbouring countries to inspire us.

Winner of Beginners class in action

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1st day
In Valtu, Raplamaa
with judge Antti Nurmi from Finland and 3 different classes: Beginners (6 dogs), Open (dogs) and Winner (1 dog). As a result, we have now Estonian Working Champion and 2 dogs moved from Open Class to Winner class (this has not happened since 2011):

2nd day:

The dream team, thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart!

Säde got to do some excercises

Explaining the work of retrievers

at our Club's tent with labrador Tsunami owned by our fantastic photographer Pille-Riin and Säde

Results of second day: Beginners and Winner class rosettes are shared out well

Together with Katri, we organised NOU and Nome-B tests on 1st and 2nd of July. On 1st July there were 8 participants in NOU (Retrievers Qualifying Test) and I was helping Katri when she did her judging apprentice with our Finnish judge Tuija Hukkanen. In the afternoon of 1st day, we started with the Nome-B (cold game) test with Open class. There were 5 participants in Open, and 2 of them passed with gradings.

On July 2nd, we continued with the 8 Beginners class competitors out of which 6 passed and we finished the nice day with Winners Class with beautiful work of Belinda Blue-Eyed Babe At Basteta with Milda and they got well deserved 1st grade!

Thank you to everyone for helping and to all the participants taking part!

27.mail korraldasin tasemekatset, kohtunikuks oli Petri Tuominen Soomest. Toimkonnas olid abis Inga ja Aili, paadimees oli Tõnu ja püssimees Peeter. 28.mail osalesin Sädega esimest korda tasemekatsel. Start läks kenasti kuulekalt, takistuseks sai aga kohe esimese markeeringu vares, mida preili printsess otsustas siiski mitte tuua :P

Foto: Pille-Riin Sepp

I was head organiser of NOME-B tests on 3-4 September, with Mr Antti Nurmi judging from Finland
First day I was acting also as secretary, so had a good look on all the participants. Second day was much harder as the weather was warm and I also had to run around with the birds :) Great photos by Pille-Riin deliver the moods of the days very accurately :)

As part of the Estonian Retrievers Society summer days, I organised the first qualifying test so far from Tallinn, at beautiful surroundings of Kisejärve, Võrumaa. Some photos taken by brilliant Pille-Riin to show the feelings of the event will follow here.
My sincere thanks will go to all participants, who were courage to try the new grounds; to the big team of helpers including judge Riin, secretary Katri, gun Õie, game handler Merle and boatman Saarnits :) Biggest congratulations will go to the team that passed the test that day - Ivi and Chilly - I am so proud and happy for you :)