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RWS Tobbogan's Amazing Skadi was awarded the title "Norwegian IRWS of the year 2008"!
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Saturday 28th September 2008 Tobbogan's Amazing Skadi achieved
her first FCI FT-result.
It was a 3rd placing on a forest trial (Open class).
This is the first Open Class FT-placing on forest trial for the IRWS in Norway
ever!
Øverst i skjemaet
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Historic IRWS-litter in Bergen, Norway
For the first time since the breeding committee in the Norwegian Irish Setter Club (NISK) approved the new 2008-2012 breeding program for the IRWS in Norway, a litter approved by the Breed Committee has been born in Bergen, Norway. As a result of the mating between the bitch Shannonlee Snow Grouse (Norway) and the dog Craigrua Rogue (Sweden), eight healthy puppies were born on the 26th of may 2008. Five bitches and three dogs. The Norwegian breeders (kennel Snørypa) Nina Hordnes and Narve Johansen are focusing on documented working abilities in their breed. Although this is their first IRWS litter, they have been working with the red Irish Setters for many years and dogs. The breed dog Craigrua Rogue owned by well known Gun Carmland in Sweden has achieved a lot of results in Swedish field trials, including a 1st place (with honours) as the first IRWS. The bitch Shannonlee Snow Grouse has entered several field trials in Norway on wild game, showing good working abilities. Both parents have several 1st in show.
This combination of lines are not very usual within the IRWS, and could therefore be of interest to many breeders. Due to the documented working abilities of both dog and bitch, this mating has been approved by the Norwegian Breed Committee under the regulations of the new 2008-2012 Breed Program for the IRWS in Norway:
The new breeding program has four main issues in its criteria, in which working ability has the strongest focus:
The reason working ability has the strongest focus, is due to the fact that this is where the IRWS in Scandinavia has the biggest challenge. Data from field trials will be used as an objective expression for the working abilities. Increase in hunting desire is the foremost target for the breeding program at this point. The average hunting desire for Norwegian IRWS in field trials up to and including 2007 is 2,68. The maximum for this scale is 6. The average for all pointing dogs in Norway is 3,95. For Norwegian IRWS who has entered field trials the average points for pace, style, independence, range and quartering is approximately half of the average for the red irish setters. The method of index-based breeding has shown good results for other breeds i.e. Breton. The 2008-2012 breeding program will focus foremost on the working abilities such as hunting, gamebird finding, quartering and cooperation. It is very important for the index-based breeding program that as many IRWS as possible enters field trials, and that each dog enters multiple times. To encourage this NISK arranges field training gatherings for IRWS, and for 2008 and on there will be a IRWS of the year-award based on points collected on field trials similar to the Irish Setter of the year award.
Regarding behaviour/temperament, health and conformity/exterior the breeding program also has high standards, which will not be discussed or attempted translated in this article.
The new breed program 2008-2012 sets the following criteria for breedings recommended by the Breed Committee (freely translated from Norwegian to English):
Field trials:
One of the parents should have achieved minimum 2nd on a field trial. The other parent should at least have been started in field trials or field training gatherings, or have parents or siblings with achieved field trial results.
Show:
Must have achieved at least 2nd place in a show.
Other criteria:
Documented no HD (A)
Tested and documented CLAD clear
Good health, good temperament, no physical or behavioural abnormalities
Father-daughter or mother-son combinations not allowed
The Breed Committee can decline approval of other combinations or close related parents in which earlier matings have produced “unfortunate” results.
Widening the gene-pool
In addition to the breeding criteria the Breed Committee has its focus on widening the gene-pool for the IRWS in Norway and Scandinavia. This will also be a factor when The Committee approves new matings. Today there are approximately 30-40 IRWS in Norway, and very few have been tested in field trial. To widen the gene pool the Breed Committee will encourage importing new dogs, preferably from bloodlines not too closely related to existing lines in Norway. Also there will be produced a outcross program in cooperation with SISK (the Swedish Irish Setter Club) and IRWS Club (the Irish Red and White Setter Club), if approved on the highest level in Ireland and Norway (NKK – the Norwegian Kennel Club).
For further information on this litter, please contact:
Kennel: Kennel Snørypa
Name: Nina Hordnes
Address: Kvitura 58, 5252 Søreidgrend, Norway
Phone.: +47 92 82 21 30
E-mail: krhjohan@online.no
Article written by: Thomas Ottesen
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IRWS population explosion in Norway!
The first litter of Irish Red and White Setter puppies born in Norway for eight years . This litter increases the number of IRWS in Norway from 20 to 28!
Bred by Thor-Erik Pape of Telemark. The caption reads "On the threshhold of a new life"
After some successful show wins in the summer, Thor Erik has been training his IRWS for field trials, and has already had some placings in their first trials (October 2006)
More information on IRWS in Norway and the Scandinavian Breed Initiative click here