Author Archives: B.S. Jorgensen

On the 6th of April 2024 the Working Flatcoated Retrievers Group organized their yearly flatcoated only working test. Flatastic Black Peace “Kaspar” won the Novice class and got himself a participation ticket for the Trophy B2 in the Autumn. Not bad for a young dog with a sick handler who was busier sweating the fluContinue reading “WFRG Working Test Novice Talent”

It has been a couple of weeks since Lotte’s ultrasound showed an empty womb. It was a bit of a shock to us and I needed some time to digest the news. Digesting bad news has been a bit of theme lately and it has been reminding me that breeding and having passion for whatContinue reading “Back in the saddle..”

The gundog competition season finished for us with a qualification to participate in the Champions Trophy on the 24th of February. One may call it the “Retriever Championship” of the year as the best of all the retriever breeds compete at a high level. Rumi and I are invited and looking forward to the experience.Continue reading “Girls out hunting”

Last Sunday – the 19th of Nov 2023 the FRC held her flatcoated finals gun dog competition. Rumi and two of her siblings were invited which is very special to have 3 littermates at this top level. To qualify one must have at least an A diploma in an SJP – WT or MAP. TheContinue reading “Flatcoated Retriever Club NL – gun dog finals “Apporteer Trofee””

Last week I received an invitation from colleague flatcoated breeder Pearlycoat to join a hunt in Denmark. It was unique in the way that Cajus,who is planned to sire our upcoming, was attending too. Pearlycoat is a well known flatcoated breeder in Denmark who has a reputation of breeding working gun dogs with calm temperamentsContinue reading “Hunting pre-date”

Me & the dogs are kindly invited to hunt at larger commercial hunts in Belgium. These days are often with long hours in the car but really worthwhile as the dogs learn heaps and it is such joy to bring to practice what we have learned throughout the year. Our host had a special treatContinue reading “Flatastic Aura hunting day”

My 7 1/2 year old wonderful working girl. Mother of 12 and extremely passionate hunting dog. This year’s season is not over yet and her list of results is already impressive. 1st place Open Class Working Test Working test A certificate 2 x MAP A certificate Show excellent and she is not castrated and sheContinue reading “Flow of Spirits Silver Skipper”

This past gun dog competition season team Flatastic has been busy. As we expected Lotte to come in heat early October, she was not entered in a lot of competitions. It was therefore a big surprise to me that one of the few MAP B entries she had turned out to be a big success.Continue reading “Flatastic Red Strength”

The weekend of the 30th of Sept 23 we drove to Sauerland to spend some days training under guidance of Willem van Loenen & Trudy den Boesterd. Willem is known for his all round gundog work with his golden retrievers – he is competing on international level and has previously won the Dutch Championships. HisContinue reading “Flatastic goes Klaukenhof”

Today my “Italian” boy Flatastic Black Peace “Kaspar” optained his MAP B diploma with 461 points. MAP B is a competition of 6 stations each with double retrieves of simulated hunting situations with cold game. I am very proud of our accomplishment – only 6 out of 30 dogs received a diploma today. He isContinue reading “First MAP B for Kaspar”