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  • Ravensbank FT (Pink) photo from her age of almost eight months. Really looks a great deal like her mum.
  • This is a picture of Ravensbank Robin (Robin) on his way back with a rabbit during the unofficial test at Store Ladegaard in March 2008.
  • A release with speed and style. Ravensbank Robin (Robin) over the hills and far away - or rather gone in a muddy puddle... This picture is taken during an unofficial test at Store Ladegaard (south of Sealand) where Robin was awarded a First Prize and became Best Dog of the Day.
  • Ravensbank Robin (Robin) is a dog with loads of speed and style. Here he is sent back under the blind during the unofficial open class test in March 2008.
  • Browsing through old puppy pictures, I found this one of Ravensbank Kestrel. In the picture, she is seven weeks old. This makes you look forward to the arrival of the new litter!
  • Caught right in the second where the stop whistle sounds. This is Ravensbank Wagtail (Waggie) connecting with me. The picture is taken in April 2009.

Weight curves for the puppies

23-01-2012:  Please note that the the weight-curve for the litter is updated practically every day and shows both each puppy and the average for this and the previous litter. You can see the weight curve by clicking here (updated 27-01 at 08:02 hours) .

The puppies are moving residence

23-01-2012:  Today the puppies are four weeks old, and they have reached the age where they have outgrown the kitchen facilities. They still want a warm and dry place, but they need more room for playing and above all it is increasingly difficult to maintain proper hygiene in the whelping box.

Cool (the dog puppy with white string) couldn't wait for today to get better space, and in the middle of last night he decided to crawl over the sides of the whelping box only to land on Waggie, where I found the little bugger this morning. Another sign that moving was due.

The puppy yard has an area with a deep layer of wood shavings underneath which I have sprinkled som desinfection powder. You will see the heating lamp over it. There is a large play area which too has a heating lamp and then of course there is the sleeping box which has a heated floor, and which is very well isolated. Inside the box there are quite a few carpets that the puppies can dive into.

The puppycam has moved with the puppies, so help yourself with live images from the menu to the left. When I put the puppies into their new home, they immediately used the toilet in the wood shavings, after which the puppies ran a little around inspecting things. They must have sensed the heat coming from the box, because soon they crawled in there and went fast asleep.

They are such fine puppies all of them!

Cindy results 2011

Ravensbank Sexy Sadie (Cindy) at the age of about 4 months.

23-01-2012:  In January, it is natural for many sporting gundog people to make a short halt and review the working results of their dogs over the last year. I had this mail from Henrik Paulsen, where he tells about his dog, Ravensbank Sexy Sadie (Cindy) who today is only one year and eight months old:

  • Passed the aptitude test with max. point
  • 3 unofficial cold game tests novice class - all with 1st prize
  • 4 official cold game tests novice class 3 of them with 1st prize and 1 with 2nd prize
  • 2 unofficial working tests - of which one was with 6th Winner and one was passed
  • 1 official working test where she became 8th winner
  • 1 unofficial cold game test in open class (non-competition), 1st prize
  • Cindy has been picking up at one shoot where she retrieved 10 pheasants. She was slightly surprised that pheasants could use their wings for more than flying but otherwise she did excellent and Cindy was more and more focused yet still calm as the day went on.

The spring of 2012 Cindy will be challenged with having a 1st prize in cold game tests open class (non-competition) and in the fall we will see what happens.

I am mighty impressed with this list of merits from a young dog like Cindy in her first working season! Cindy is a full sister to the current litter of puppies.

Fay results 2011

Ravensbank Fay (Fay) and Mr. Frank Graversen

23-01-2012:  Mr. Frank Graversen sent me the list of merits for Ravensbank Fay (Fay) who today is two years and two months old. Fay ended the trialing season with an incredibly fine first prize in FT open class (non-competition), so she is now merited to do open class competition both cold and warm game. The merits are quite impressive reading:

  • Approved aptitude test with max. points and best dog on the day (2010)
  • 1x1pr. unoff. cold game novice class, Best dog (2010)
  • 3x1.pr. official cold game novice class, 2 x Bedste hund (2011)
  • 1x2.pr. unoff. cold game open class (non-competition) (2011)
  • 2x2.pr. official cold game open class (non-competition) (2011)
  • 3x1.pr. official cold game open class (non-competition) , 1x Best dog (2011)
  • 1x3. pr. Field Trial open class (non-competition) (2011)
  • 1x1. pr. Field Trial open class (non-competition) (2011)
  • 1x2WT Winner Novice Class (2011)
  • Completed the young dogs' championship with 18 - 16 - 18 - 15 - 12 - 12. = 91 points. This equals 1. pr. novice class cold game test (2011)

Very nice results from this young dog. Fay is a litter sister to my own dog Jock.

Show result!

This picture is from the final under the Finnish Young Dogs Derby 2009. It is Ravensbank Tip (Tipi) during a blind.

22-01-2012:  It is not every day I can report about show results for a Ravensbank dog, but the better is the reason to brag about this one: Today at the international show i Finland, Ravensbank Tip (Tipi) has been judged by the British judge, Mr. David Shields. He wrote:

"Balanced Dog with good size. Has excellent muscle tone throughout. Good reach of neck. Pleasing layback of shoulder. Good depth of chest. Firm topline what he keeps on the move. Sound and positive mover. I just prefer slightly better ear set. Working class and VERY GOOD."

Please click on the thumbnail to enjoy some of the fine pictures og Tipi which I have been given permission to show on the website.

Mynte has the aptitiude test

Ravensbank Economist (Mynte) is a reliable retriever at the age of 6 months.

22-01-2012:  Today Ravensbank Economist (Mynte) did the aptitude test with max points. She is 8 months old. Again a Ravensbank dog is on rails as a working dog. Much congratulations to Pia.

Pink has passed the aptitude test

22-01-2012:  Today Ravensbank FT (Pink) has passed the aptitude test for working gundogs with max. points. Pink is eight months old . Congratulations to Anne with this excellent start.



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Last updated on: 2012-01-23 at 21:50