A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Well- Katy wrapped up her juvenile field trial career yesterday in East Windsor, CT at the Connecticut Valley Vizsla Club's field trial. She was entered in the Amateur Walking Derby stake and took 1st Place in a field of 11 dogs!
We started the fall field trial season with a win at the Hudson Valley Brittany Club trial in Oxford, NY....... Katy won again at the Southern New England Brittany Club trial in mid-October and now she finishes the season and her juvenile field trial career with another win at Flaherty with a 5 find performance (3 of her finds were coveys!).
She's showing EVERY sign that she's ready to be broke- staunch finds, steady to wing...... sometimes even steady to shot. Katy just needs to be finished now & turned into an honest bird dog. It shouldn't take too much- as she's a very biddable young girl. I want to keep all that style that had her wearin' blue so often this fall.
I've put very little pressure on this young gyp up to this point- just kept cuttin' her loose in training and making sure she understood to stay to the front and that she was supposed to stay with me. She handles like a dream and hunts really hard when down.
Rob
We started the fall field trial season with a win at the Hudson Valley Brittany Club trial in Oxford, NY....... Katy won again at the Southern New England Brittany Club trial in mid-October and now she finishes the season and her juvenile field trial career with another win at Flaherty with a 5 find performance (3 of her finds were coveys!).
She's showing EVERY sign that she's ready to be broke- staunch finds, steady to wing...... sometimes even steady to shot. Katy just needs to be finished now & turned into an honest bird dog. It shouldn't take too much- as she's a very biddable young girl. I want to keep all that style that had her wearin' blue so often this fall.
I've put very little pressure on this young gyp up to this point- just kept cuttin' her loose in training and making sure she understood to stay to the front and that she was supposed to stay with me. She handles like a dream and hunts really hard when down.
Rob
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Way to go, Katy! Congratulations to you both on a successful season!
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
CONGRATS Rob! Nice to have the season go so well AND come around full circle to finish like that!
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Congrats Rob!!! Job well done... Nice little girl you got there.
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Congrats Rob, that's great news! I really wanted to get to that trial, but it just wasn't in the cards for me this year. That was where i finished off Jasmine's juvi career with a win in the open derby, and I'm pretty sure against 11 other dogs. All the best with the adult stakes now. They can be rewarding, and highly frusterating.... all at the same time!!!
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Travis,
Have a good winter & I'm sure we'll cross paths in the spring...........
Rob
Have a good winter & I'm sure we'll cross paths in the spring...........
Rob
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
Congratulations Rob and Katy:
Well done.
Rick
Well done.
Rick
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Re: A finish to the fall FT season the same way we started !!
I just received this picture of Katy on point from this last trial.
This was her 5th find- which she held for close to 3 minutes until I arrived......... on foot !! :roll:
She was through the cut and in the next field when I heard her bell slam to a stop.
Rob
This was her 5th find- which she held for close to 3 minutes until I arrived......... on foot !! :roll:
She was through the cut and in the next field when I heard her bell slam to a stop.
Rob
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