The first two years were not always easy because of COVID-19.
Much of the year the country was in lock down or the measures were so limited, we were not able to expose him as much to events, large groups of people and dogs. Nonetheless, he did pick up everything
very well and seems to enjoy everything we do.
He has completed three Body Awareness courses. Here he learned
to move consciously over
different articles/surfaces.
He really enjoyed this and
is very curious.
Because of lockdowns, we could not train in a (puppy) hunting group in his first year and therefore started working with dummies and
cold game ourselves. In the second year it was possible to start training in a hunting group from the summer onwards. For him a new experience where he also learned a lot.
At the end of the '21 season he participated in two competitions and despite everything was new, he did great and got an SJP B
certificate.
He has obtained his MAP B diploma in 2024, and we are now working towards an A diploma.
Besides the hunting training he has been along on a number of occasions for practical hunting. He has already
collected some nice
retrieves but there is still
plenty to learn. You can
clearly see that retrieving
is his thing and he enjoys
it.
Every other week, Dasher has a blood tracking training, and he loves it. He really enjoys working on a
blood track with his nose and is very good at it. In 2023, he achieved
a pass in the beginners
class in Sweden in
one attempt, which
promoted him to the
open class.
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In 2024, he achieved a 1st
prize three times in a row
in the open class with very
nice words from all the
judges. With this, he has become the
Swedish Tracking Champion!
He is also
absolutely crazy
about water. You
can't walk past a
puddle or ditch
without him being in
it. Something that
is often fine but at
times can
also be very annoying and
irritating, especially when
you're on time or when he
has to stay 'clean and dry'.
But I guess that's also part
of life with a Toller too!
He participated in his first show in September 2020. He didn't know where to look, so many people and dogs were there (up until that point the whole country was in lockdown). He had not been introduced to so many crowds before and was very curious to investigate everything and everyone. He clearly had fun and got a nice result
at his very first show by
becoming Best male (BOS).
Dasher is a dog that needed
time to develop. He
maintained a youthful
appearance for a long time,
but since his third year, he
has appeared to be more mature. He has since achieved
very nice show results, including the titles of
German Show Champion,
Luxembourg Champion, and in 2024, he became
Club Winner at the Champion Club Show where 108 Tollers were entered!
We will
continue showing him every
now and than but our main
focus will be competing in
several working tests (SJP,
MAP, Tolling, Tracking etc).
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Below is an overview of his certificates obtained:
Obedience:
Puppy course
Young Dog Obedience course
Social Dog
training course
Hunting Training:
Club Diploma C (dummies)
Club Diploma B (dummies)
Working Test B1 (dummies
SJP C diploma (cold game)
SJP B diploma (cold game)
MAP B diploma (cold game)
Tollingjaktprov (cold game)
Beginnersclass Good (3rd prize)
Blood tracking
Viltspårprov Anlagsclass Pass (SE)
Viltspårprov Open class 3 x 1 Prize (SE)
Blood Tracking Test F, Excellent, 1 Prize, 93 pnt (NL)
Work titles:
Svenskt
viltspårprovschampionat (SE
VCH)
J = Jaktprovsmeriterad
(Hunting Test Qualification
in Sweden)
Waterwerk
(Wa) annotation & gunsteady (Sv) annotation
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Show titles:
Champion International d'Exposition (CIE) (pending)
International Beauty Champion (CIB)
Dutch Champion
German Champion (VDH)
German Champion (DRC)
Luxembourg Champion
Club Winner 2024
Belgium Winner 2024
Jubiläumsweihnachtssieger 2023
2nd Best in Show Working,
IDS Leeuwarden 2023
Best in show at the Championship
Club Show (KCM'24) - 108
entrees
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We are hoping that
we will be able to attend some more events/competitions to give
him more experience and of
course to get some
nice results. Something we are looking forward to.
Because of his character, good working ability and health results we have decided to
make him available as a stud, for suitable
females. All necessary tests have been done and the results can be found under health results.
Dasher has been
approved as a study
dog by the Nova
Scotia Duck Tolling
Retriever Club in
the Netherlands. In
2023 he became a
father for the first
time. Please click
on
offspring for
more information on
his progeny.
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Below pictures of his parents:
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