Brendan´s puppies was born july 29.
10 little ones, 7 boys and 3 girls,
and all are doing well.
The
mother is Drakstjärnans Ghoza,
sister to Giron, the bitch I brought
to the show in Skĺne last September.
It will be interesting in the weeks
ahead to see them grow.
I send you some photos of the little
ones and my new addition to the
farm, 2 Swedish mountain cows!, a
rare breed.
Best best wishes from Lena in
Sweden.
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DEARGBÁN BRENDAN RETRIEVING
Bred by Terry O'Leary
Owner Lena Fridén
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Here are
two photos of Drakstjärnans Giron, almost 22 month old at his first
show. He was so happy, greeting and saying hello to everyone.
The show was the Swedish Red Setter Club SISK first show of the
year, only gundogs. The show had an entry of 37 dogs - Red
Setters, Irish Red and White Setters, English Setters, Gordon
Setters and Pointers.
The judge, Hans Andersson only awarded Best of Breed to the
Red Setter and the Irish Red and White Setter. It was the judge's
opinion that the dogs from the other three breeds lacked
sufficient quality to receive an award. There was just two
breeds competing for Best in Show. T he best dog was awarded to a 10
year old champion Huntmans Mac Laughlin. The reserve
Best in Show was awarded to Drakstjärnans Giron owned by Lena Fridén.
Report by Lena Fridén.
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PĺTĺ Bialitt
Sire : Dalriach Dear John Dam : Dalriach Berengaria,
PĺTĺ Bialitt won Best Of Breed at the Köping show with CACIB.
It was
Bialitts first show.
owned by Lena Fridén
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Deargbán
Brendan
Sire
Ballinrush Blanco's Fella
& Dam
Sheebhin Orla
owned by Lena Fridén
Lena at the 2008 Confined Breed Stake in Ireland
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Congratulations !
First
Irish Red and White Setter Champion in Scandanavia
Craigrua Rogue Owned and trained by
Gun
Carmland
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FUTURE CHAMPIONS?
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Snowgrouse Kelly, September 2008.
From the Norwegian litter, breeder Nina Hordnes. |
Mayvor Jonsson at a training
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From left, Jan-Erik Svandal with Craigrua Quaser and
Quiva, Dame Ballycrac Annah, Sire Craigrua Raphael, me with Rogue, to
the right Mayvor Jonsson with Rastorps Pajazzo and Pippi. |
Four puppies pointing a wing.
From left Rastorps Pippi, Craigrua Quaser, Rastorps Pajazzo, Craigrua
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New Trophy donated for the IRWS Confined Stake
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Stefan and Lalla Kastberg from Sweden have donated a new trophy, a silver
plate, to be awarded to the best young dog in the IRWS Confined Stake
The pictures above show Stefan and Lalla and their four Irish Red and White
Setter dogs
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IRWS TRAINING IN SCANDINAVIA.
On the 13th and 14th of
October the Scandinavian Association for IRWS held a training weekend with
grouse in Tanndalen/Bruksvallarna, Sweden.
This ground is for
training and trialling only, no hunting, so there is usually plenty of game
and this time was no exception.
When we started our
journey in Karlstad 600 km south of Tanndalen on Friday afternoon it was
sunny and +10C. When we arrived to Tanndalen after 7 hours driving it was
dark, -10C and 1 dm of snow.
The last 100 km we had
to drive on icy roads. We were a little worried if people had managed to
drive on this icy roads but everybody arrived safely. It was still cold on
Saturday morning but during the day the weather changed and we had a few
degrees above zero and also some sunshine.
On our way to the
training ground we had to stop our cars, the icy road was covered with black
grouse; about 50 birds were sitting on the road and in the trees around. I
have never seen so many black grouse at the same time before!
About 25 people and
their dogs came to this training, many of them from Norway. It was a mixed
group, for some dogs and their handlers it was the first time training with
grouse, others were open class dogs and almost professional handlers.
During the weekend some
of the dogs that had never been in the mountains before developed greatly,
it was interesting to see how they reacted on the scent of grouse. We saw
some very good dogs, both Irish Red and Red and White Setters, doing a good
job of handling the birds.
After a long day in the
mountains we had a nice dinner at the hotel and after a good night sleep we
were ready for one more day of training.
On Sunday you could see
that many of the dogs that weren’t used to hunting and running hard were
tired. But some of the younger dogs did well on Sunday also, as did the more
experienced dogs.
It’s good that the
cooperation between Sweden and Norway is working. It’s necessary to work
together - with a breed as small as the IRWS. Some of the dogs we saw were
very promising, needing a little more training and work. I’m convinced that
there is a future for the IRWS as a hunting and trialling dog in
Scandinavia.
Gun Carmland
