Category Archives: Geen categorie

I sometimes sit and gaze out the window thinking back at all I went through from birth of a heartfelt wish till the day I passed my first bred puppies to their new owners. I never ever could have imagined what an emotional roller coaster life would put me through just out of having aContinue reading “Happy 2nd birthday Flatastic Aura Litter”

Last Saturday Ivo van Kempen & Flatastic Amber Value participated in the WFRG working test B1 in Oostvoorne and won the first price (despite the fact that he was the youngest dog in the field that day!!). Big congratulations to Ivo and Victor. Their second year of gundog work in competitions together is as promisingContinue reading “Flatastic Amber Value did it again”

This gorgeous boy has been called Mr Adonis from a very young age. He was one of the last puppies to leave our premises and luckily his handler has kept in contact with us. Today I had the pleasure of seeing this handsome and great boy. He has inherited his good looks from mommy RumiContinue reading “Mr Adonis”

Many people – even gundog judges and trainers do not always know that the flatcoated retriever is not only a dual purpose retriever – but he is also a great all rounder when it comes to working skills. Apart from gundog work they love all kinds of active sports and perform really well when handledContinue reading “All rounder”

When you scroll through my newsfeed you will find many shadings of great flatcoated moments – of which the most talk about positive and successful experiences. However, as in real life there is of course no such thing as succes only. Our human tendency to avoid failure regularly is very handy for surviving but itContinue reading “Failure at failure”

The flatcoated retriever is a dual purposed breed, meaning that each individual should be build correctly and be a beautiful dog, being able to work in the field for the purpose of hunting/retrieving. The Danish flatcoated retriever club has an event in the spirit of the dual purpose with both an exterior and working qualificationsContinue reading “Danish Flatcoated Retriever Club – weekend dual purpose event in April 2022”

It was a big contrast after the past week’s painful event of loosing beloved Line.. I did not feel much joy driving my car towards Bergschenhoek for the Clubdiploma day on dummies organized by the Working flatcoated group and the Toller club. Normally I look forward doing trials with my dogs but it was withContinue reading “A weekend out with the Flatastics”

On Sunday the 13th I received a phone call that Line – Flatastic Yellow Joy had been taken to the animal hospital with kidney failure. I was informed that she was in danger of losing her life.. A week followed that infused us with emotions I had forgotten one can go through as a humanContinue reading “Broken hearts”

Last Saturday the WFRG held a so-called Club Diploma Day. It is a standardized trial with dummies. Obtaining a diploma gives you access to club working tests and is a good way to start bringing young dogs to trials to test how they deal with such a situation. The c-diploma consists of following parts: -heelingContinue reading “More Flatastics entering the trial arena”

Today Lotte and Kaspar had their first official gun dog competition in the Netherlands on dummies. It was at the same time a test for me to see if I am capable of administering 2 in 1 day. Well, let’s say I cannot recommend anyone to do this at home unless you suffer from aContinue reading “Competition take-off Flatastic twins”