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Last Friday Rumi and I finished the official SJP season by giving it a go at the SJP A. It was a long shot to expect that we could succeed in getting two SJP A diplomas in one season with the circumstances that we have had. We are very happy with the one A inContinue reading “Patience is a virtue”

3rd of October 2021 was the day of the Dutch flatcoated retriever club to have their yearly club show. The flatastic gang was present and we even won the offspring class – an unofficial class but it was great fun to participate. Frans de Vries had designed a flatastic logo to wear on our similarContinue reading “Rumi & the gang “showing off“”

In one week beauty & brains…Rumi achieved her first SJP A diploma last Saturday in Oostvoorne – 87 points out of 100. She may have a strong will of her own but when it is aligned with me she is magical to work with.We were placed 2nd and received a cup. 🥳

After our Danish debut it was finally time to go Dutch with the Flatastic gang. After a persistent pledge of Barbara Ras to enter mommy Rumi too in show competition I decided to do so. Guess what – she won the open class! Also the youngster were in good show mood – Kaspar got placedContinue reading “Flatastic show results”

Past weekend we were participating in the Danish flatcoated retriever club event in Nordsjælland not far from Copenhagen. Saturday was Markprøve B and our dynamic duo were signed up for Brugsprøve. The Brugsprøve is an accesgiving obedience and retrieving test one needs to obtain in order to enter working tests and field trials. It wasContinue reading “Flatastic premiere at Danish Flatcoated Retriever Club Event”

This morning I was invited to join a summer hunt with Rumi by a befriended hunter. However according to Dutch law it was not a hunt, but it is a part of pest control for farmers as the country is suffering from huge amounts of geese, eating their way through the profit of farmers. ItContinue reading “Damage control for farmers”

We were forced to postpone the litter reunion 3 times this past year due to covid lockdowns.. so it was with great joy that I could finally invite all owners to our first reunion. A great effort was made to change work schedules and drive a severe range of km’s to be able to attendContinue reading “Aura litter reunion: happy times with the flatastic 12”

Every summer the WFRG (working flatcoated retriever group) organizes a working test for flatties only called the Talent Hunt. Inspired by the Swedish “Flatmästerskabet” and with the purpose of bringing all levels of working flatcoated retrievers together in a good atmosphere to enjoy typical flatcoated style of working. Having had a bit of a roughContinue reading “The hunt for talent”

A day in the park Training young flatcoated retrievers with passion for hunting is not a walk in the park. It sometimes feels a bit more like a jungle tour and there are days when you just have relax to what is and try again with a smile. But when you look back – youContinue reading “Young Flatastics in training”

I am so thrilled – today is the 1st birthday of my beloved Aura-pups, who are now big youngsters. Big hugs & kisses to Kai, Kaspar, Shelby, Spyke, Lotte, Jason, Jones, Fien, Gurbe, Bruce, Line & Victor. We took ahead of the celebration in the past week serving pupcakes at the training & looking forwardContinue reading “Happy 1st birthday Flatastic Aura litter”