SNC WATER TESTS SECTIONS A - E

Congratulations to:

Hill's Alphabear Ocean Blue for Ableseanewf "Maia"
MacKillican's Dalmacaws Little Prince "Bruce"
MacKillican's Sheenmarie Enchanted "Diesel"
MacKillican & Todd's Mileoak Whispered Secret "Daisy"
Mercer's Darkpeak Born To Run "Aoife"
Lord's Mileoak Rince Ri "Amazon"
Viney's Millthorpe Sea Breeze "Millie"
Payne's Kalibah Icicle "Tilly"
Lord's Starbern Sea Weed "Dudley"
Payne's "Twizzle"
Green's Woldybears Forever More "Oscar"
Arnold's Newgraden Knight Of Templar "Arthur"
Brown's Loveanewf Sir Nottingham "Winston"
Constable's Culnor Be Cool "Daisy"
Constable's Hanningfield Shipwright "Bramble"

"18 dogs! The biggest entry I have ever tested, it was fantastic. Dogs ages ranged from 8 months to 11 years and they all had a lovely time. The standard was very, very high and even those who did not pass only failed on one or two silly things - or in one case just because it was a lovely day and all he wanted to do was swim up and down.

Lots of passes were faultless which reflected the standard today. A lovely day at a lovely venue."

Rachel Gaines & Llynda Baugh

Congratulations to:

Spence's Lonesomepine Great Guns "Yogi"
MacKillican's Sheenmarie Enchanted "Diesel"
Payne's "Twizzle"

"We had 13 dogs to judge but only three passes, most didn't do either the underwater retrieve or the safe/controlled swim.

I would advise entrants to read the Regs, many didn't realise their dog could trawl the underwater object and then pick it up and for some this seemed a natural way of achieveing this part of the Test.

The safe swim needs to be practised but this element as well as all parts of the Test, especially the underwater retrieve, needs to be fun for the dogs to get the most out of it. Our three passes all achieved this and because the dogs were enjoying doing the exercise they passed each section of the test with flying colours. Well done."

Sandra Constable & Keith Sargeant

Congratulations to:

Baugh’s Quietstorm Solstice "Layla"
Johnson's Sparkybears Two Shoes among Piratebears "Cru'ella"
Johnson's Evanpark Ghost among Piratebears "Minnie"
Constable's Hanningfield Water Willow "Willow"
Hill’s Honeybears Funny Girl "Maisie"

"A good entry of 8 dogs for Level C with 5 passes and 3 fails. The passes were of a generally high standard and these dogs should do well at the next level. Two of the fails need to work on the swim and otherwise are not far away from this level. The last dog decided this was not her day to work but had a nice swim anyway.

The only bad practice we noted was use of physical redirection and all owners should be aware of this, especially at the higher levels.

Many thanks to the Southern for inviting me to judge. Thanks to Tina, all the stewards and to Clive for co-judging with me for the day and of course the entrants, without whom we would not be needed."

Mick Reilly & Clive Haylock

"Blazing sun, no wind, great water quality and three dogs entered. Sorry no passes, the main stumbling block being exiting the boat (in 30 seconds). Handlers and dogs were very keen and worked their best to pass.

Thanks to water stewards, working as a team and very competent. Both judges also worked as a team and agreed throughout the test. The Test Manager and Muddy Paws team all work well and the day was organised professionally."

Peter Webber & Pete Lewin

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Jen Lewin

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Kevin Mercer