Summer in Sweden

Rain, rain and after rain comes more rain..
I have been in Germany judging a WT together with Roger Phillips and Betty Schwieren! Very nice, and we stayed two extra days for training.
After that, we went on to Denamrk for their Jubileum WT. The danish Retrieverclub had their 50 year aniversery, and I was part of a team together with Thomas Plomboeck and Bernard Fiebeck. We were placed third and Will was second best dog in the WT!

My garden is my pride this time of year

DKFTCH FTW Bierspool Blackbill of Lakedown

Will gained his FTCH title in Denmark today by passing the conformation test!
We are very proud!

Many thanks to my friend Katarina who performed together with Will, and did it succesfully!
Thanks again to Roger Phillips for selling me Will, helping me tremendously whenever I needed advice and being a true supporter at all times!

Walked up days in Denmark

We are now arranging walked up days in Denmark.
Nice accomodation in charming hotel can be offered. You decide the size of the game bag and be charged for that. It will be pheasants mainly.
This is a perfect opportunity to train for the trialing season and have fantastic experience in wonderful surroundings.
Enquieries at staflund@hotmail.com

Highclere results

Skinner´s World Cup 2009, Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire (UK), 24./25.05.09
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the results:
1. Wales - 853 points
2. Germany - 851 points
3. England - 834 points
4. Holland - 831 points
5. Scotland - 826 points
6. Austria - 823 points
7. Sweden - 796 points
8. Switzerland - 790 points
9. France - 789 points
10. Denmark - 777 points
11. Irland - 731 points

Topdog - Stonehunter Dartmore Connor, 226 points, owner: Evelyn Schlösser Germany

Wales won Skinner's International WT at Highclere

Congratualtions to Roger Phillips and the Welsh Team for winning the prestigious Skinner's Cup at Highclere Castle!

Skipper

Skipper looks pregnant - so that's good news!

Kayteens at Meadowlark

Unfortunatley Blue's hips scored D on his left hip and B on the right one.He now lives with Hege Dahl in Norway, and will be trained and trialed. He will have a lovely life.He is a very strong, small dog with a lot of muscle. 24 kg of muscle!

The picture was taken by Sverker Olausson

Dummy trial

I entered Will in a dummy trial yesterday judged by Gillie Nichols and Keith Bedford from the UK.
It was a very nice trial, the weather was nice, on the warm side actually.
The organisation with Madeleine Flodin in charge was absolutley perfect and we all enoyed the day.
We were awarded CoM, I am pleased with my day!

Meadowlark Final Retrieve

Uwe Köstler reports from Germany that he entered Timber in his first WT.

He won the test with 95p/100p!

Well done, we are very proud of you both!

Pictures from the training with Roger & Simon!

Training days with Roger Phillips and Simon Hansell

We invited mr Roger Phillips and mr Simon Hansell to Sweden for a two day training at Björkåsen. We decided to have a group of eleven dogs and handlers to get most out of the weekend and learn as much as possible.
Roger and Simon really impressed the group with their knowledge and experience.
Everybody said that if they come back next year, they will all like to come again for a new training session.
Thanks a lot Roger and Simon!

We will try to improve our handling!

" Praise a good dog and it will get even better, praise a bad dog and it will get worse"

Hips

Lakedown Diawl Bach Hips A elbows 0-0
Lakedown Tarw Du Hips A elbows 0-0
Kayteens at Meadowlark Hips B-D :-(

Skipper and Will

We just mated Will and Skipper, puppies due in the end of june, ready to go end of august.

Enquieries on staflund@hotmail.com

A Sunday walk in the snow

Longchamp Cliqout - our Katie!!

The Juelsminde Trophy

I am very proud to tell you that Will was awarded Juelsminde Trophy for being the most winning dog on Field trials 2008. We are very proud, of course!

He won by:

Winning three Opens stakes, one of them an international FT

Placed second twice, on of the occacions was at the 2-day Danish Championship ( Elitpröve )

Placed fourth once at an International FT with Excellent.

Thank you Roger Phillips for all the support!

Antistress!

A terrible cold

Right now I am in bed, with a horrible cold. I am taking my last supply of Lemsip Max Cold & Flu, and have to remember to fill a storage up next time I go to UK to visit.

Next time will probably be in june, and I can't wait to see everybody!

Right now, just waiting for the cold to pass...

Some news abot the dogs; all youngsters are fine, developing nicely and seem healthy and strong. Kate is super stylish and fast - I like that!

The two boys from Wales are turning in to two heartbreakers - just look at them!

Lakedown Tarw Du and Lakedown Diawl Bach

I will try to take some photos of Kate, but since she moves faster than light - well, let's say it is a challenging task!

Meadowlark Days

13 & 14 of May are the days to mark in your agenda!

We invite all owner's of our breeding for two days training in our grounds!

If you need acommodation - let us know and we will book you in close by.

Let me know asap!

Meadowlark Dipper

Meadowlark Dipper ( Wendearose Hector of Riversway - SJ(j)CH Searover Meadowlark). Dipper had a succesful season, winning the Youngster´s Cup in Norway in a very competitive class including the top youngsters from Denmark and Norway. Dipper scored 19 p as an average in 9 stations! He got his first price in a cold game test for youngsters and qualified to open trials by passing the qualfication class in FT! Congratulations Anna-Lena!

Pictures from a walked up trial in Denmark september 08

Meadowlark Final Retrieve

Timber lives in Germany with Uwe Köstler and his family. They send lovely pictures and reports of Timbers life and education. They sound very pleased!