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Ms. Christensen and Lee becomes 5WT at a great Easter test

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Ravensbank Lee (Lee) becomes 5th winner with 120 out of 140 points at official Working Test in novice class. ©Mikkel Lyndrup
Thursday at 14:12: Today Ms. Pia Christensen with her lovely Ravensbank Lee (Lee) became 5th winner at a large Working Test in Novice Class. A very warm congratulations to Ms. Christensen with an excellent result on one of her three dogs from us.

Nessie has been ultrasound scanned

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Nessie is being scanned for pregnancy in april 2025. The experienced bitch is completely relaxed, and seemingly just following the action on the monitor.. ©Ravensbank Labrador Retrievers
05-04-2025: ....and with a positive result - She is indeed in pups - how many we do not know!

New training gadget

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This "Power Poofer" is now a part of our training-seup on our grounds. We consider this to be a highly productive tool in training all sorts of marks for both young and more mature dogs. ©Pia T. Christensen
31-03-2025: In order to increase both productivity and efficiency of the training of marks, we have for a long time had the ambition to include a Power Poofer in our training setup. Thanks to a very generous external sponsor, we have now had this dream fulfilled. Click on the video to see the Power Poofer explained and the first couple of shots with it.

The young dog on the video is Ravensbank Carrie (Carrie), 11 months old.

What is an "aptitude test"?

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Watch this video of a young dog and his handler complete the Danish Retriever Club Aptitude Test. It only needs to take three minutes. ©Ravensbank Labrador Retrievers
05-01-2025: The Danish Retriever Club (DRK) Aptitude test is an official test under DKK/FCI, required passed by any dog in order for it to enter the DRK field working system. The test is held for primarily young dogs (minimum of 8 month of age). It is a very simple test, with the purpose of demonstrating basic trainability. The test includes, walking to the lead, walking at heel, steadyness, recall and a retrieve which should be softmouthed, efficient and direct to handlers hand. Finally the dog is testet for gunshyness, which if found prohibits the dog from passing the test. 40 points is available and 35 points is required to pass the test. Points are not disclosed, as this should not be turned into a competition. You either fail or pass.

Aptitude test passed by Chuck and Carrie

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Ravensbank Charlie (Chuck) handled by Ms. Pia Christensen (th.) and Søren with Ravensbank Carrie (Carrie) has passed the Danish Retriever Club aptitude test. On the day the two youngsters were 9 months old. ©Mikkel Lyndrup
05-01-2025: Yesterday, both Ravensbank Charlie (Chuck) with Ms. Pia Christensen and Ravensbank Carrie (Carrie) handled by myself, the Danish Retriever Club aptitude test in best style. The two buggers have just turned 9 months of age.

The Danish Retriever Club Aptitude Test is a very simple test, and does not contain anything you should not expect from a welle trained youngster. Yet still we count it as a milestone. First of all the test provides admission to the entire DRK-test system, and with that starts the career as a working dog. Secondly - this is our first test to see the dog in an environment with a load of other dogs, peope and new external factors. For some dogs this can be a stressful thing, making them insecure. Not here. Both Chuck and Carrie were completely relaxed in the test area, and waited calmly until it became their turn. By these means the aptitude test passed is really good news. Congratulations to Ms. Christensen, who already owns and competently handles Ravensbank Lee (Lee) and Ravensbank Bruce (Bruce) from us.

Great news from Louise with Sally - again!

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19-11-2024: Today I received yet another wonderful message from Louise med NW1 NW1G NW2 Ravensbank Swoon (Sally). It read:

"When Sally and I received our NoseWork1guld title in the beginning of August, we continued on the good streak and went straight on to the Class 2 test shortly after.
So far, we have participated in five DKK NoseWork2 tests, and twice we have been awarded the magical 100 points - the latest one last Sunday where we made it to number one of 40 teams - this means that, once again, Sally has added a new title to her merits: NoseWork2 ⭐️

It is worth noting that very few dogs have achieved this at so early in their lives.

This means that we are able to move on to Class 3... Or... and this is my goal... go after the ultimate prize, the NW2guld title! In Denmar, only three dogs have been awarded this title.

How crazy is that ????"

We are so proud to congratulate Louise and her lovely dog. And we wish you both the very best of luck at the Nosework2 Guld competition!!

The shooting season has begun

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Retrievers and spaniels from the picking up day at Erholm Castle in October 2024. All Labradors except one is from Kennel Ravensbank. ©Ravensbank Labrador Retrievers
05-10-2024: We cannot say that we ourselves have much time to go shooting, but we often go out with the dogs to pick up at estate shoots. Today we were at Erholm Castle, and the team had nine labs and three cockers. Out of the labradors eight of them were from Kennel Ravensbank.

Ms. Susanne Hansen has passed the aptitude test with Banksy

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Ms. Susanne Hansen, and Ravensbank Banksy (Banksy) passed the Danish Retriever Club aptitude tests, which qualifies the dog to participate in the working system of tests and trials. ©Susanne Hansen
29-09-2024: It is always a satisfying milestone to pass, when you complete the official aptitude test with your dog in first attempt and with a good margin. This was exactly what Ms. Susanne Hansen did with Ravensbank Banksy (Banksy) today. With this result, Banksy has now qualified for participation in the Danish Retriever Club working system of tests and trials. Banksy is 1 year and 5 months old. Warm congratulations to Ms. Hansen with this fine result.