What a month!

So the past month has been a whirlwind in our household as you may have realized from the flurry of posts. Every weekend we have had a dog event. Although this is not the most ideal for our personal life, it has been extremely fruitful for us as dog owners!

Just to summarize it all:

Baxter successfully completed 3 tests- BHP-G (BHP Tagessieger), Schwhk/40 (Tracking), Sp (Finding Hares)

Best of all, for his BHP-G exam he achieved 1st prize and best of the day (Tagessieger) and 92pts and 1st prize on his blood tracking exam. Spurlaut could have been a bit better, but we can live with 3rd prize and can work on getting him a higher prize later on.

Furthermore, for his first exhibition as an adult (sniff, our little puppy is now officially too old for junior class... they grow so fast!) he received V1 CAC towards his German championship (Karlsruhe).

Plus our little guy has developed into a very handsome dachshund if I do say so myself!

Fred amazed us with his continued great work! For the first time in over a year he ventured back into the fox den and earned 2x 100pts, 1st prize in trials and furthermore, 1 second reserve CAC (RRCAC). Plus he did amazing in the rather tough BhFK in Italy where the dog must work the fox up a chimney. He only needs to work on being a little bit faster...
Additionally, Fred did amazing work on his tracking exam, earning him 100 pts and a CAC towards his Italian working championship. I guess we will have to plan at least 1 more trip down to Italy to try for the remaining CACs and get the brown dog a show rating (Fred's Hat-trick).
Finally and the biggest surprise of the month was Freddie's rating at the IRAs. As I mentioned, we took Fred in order to get him a rating in a catalog show because who knows what we'd like him to do in the future. In working dog class Fred received the rating V1 CAC (Karlsruhe)! He is a great mover, but the ring is not his style and he was far happier in his kennel or on my lap, so he'll remain our "little" hunter for now.

So good job boys! 

Finally, I have one more big announcement... 2014 will begin a new chapter for us and the dachshund as we are planning for a move to Sweden! Simon has officially accepted a postdoc position in Lund (~60 km from Copenhagen) and so we are all excited to continue with our new and exciting adventure. Of course we will miss Switzerland, but Basel is only a 12 hour drive away. It's amazing to me how small Europe is. :)

So get ready all! New tests, new shows, new environment will all be coming in 2014! Now I'm off to practice my Svenska. Hej då!