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HUNTING:

Säde searches in good speed, big range/width and good quartering in open ground. She hunts very well in covered ground in fitted speed. She has during the day a number of stops that are unjustified. Run 2: she points tight in grass. Flushes willingly on a long track - empty. Run 4: the dog points tight. Flushes strongly on command. Totally calm in flight and shot. Retrieve: calm in throw and shot. Finds fast. Good grip. Comes back fast, good delivery. /Rolf Ryberg, Värmland, Sweden 17.11.2013 - I prize, Open class (field 7p, retrieve 10p), trait grades (on the scale of 1-5): speed 4, range 4, quartering 3, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 4

Shows during the day an excellent field search with high speed, big range/width and good quartering. Is a big game finder and very obedient. Has during the day three good situations with pheasants with good flush and calm in flight, shot and fall. When at one point pheasant falls, does an excellent work. Finds the bird fast and retrieves without remarks. /Magnus Norlén, Värmland, Sweden 18.11.2013 - I prize, Open class (field 7p, retrieve 10p), trait grades: speed 4, range 4, quartering 3, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 4

Säde searches in high speed, medium range/width and good quartering. Could wish for a better back-wind search with bigger depth from handler. In first run the handler announces a point. Säde points strong. Flushes willingly and is calm in flight and shot, partridges. New point a while later. Partridges leave when the shooter is on the way closer. Säde is calm in flight. In last run scares Säde partridges in wrong wind. Respects the birds. Säde does an excellent retrieve. /Lars Karlsson, aspirant Adam Dschnulnigg Gotland, Sweden, 24.10.2014 - II prize, Elite class (field 6p, retrieve 10p), trait grades: speed 4, range 3, quartering 3, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 3

Säde moves in high speed, big range/width, excellent quartering and contact with the handler. Säde works very well whole day. Takes a lot of ground to cover for herself. Points tight. Partridge flock leaves when shooter and handler come closer, totally calm. Works on, very well. Points tight, partridge flock leaves without the dog's influence, totally calm. Works on. Points agains a forest. Strong flush, goes on a running track of a pheasant. Pheasants leave near a house. Works on. Marks, swims over a water canal, points on the other side. Flushes approx 20 meter away with the canal in between us and the dog. We cannot go over. Totally calm in flight and shot. Retrieve excellent. Very well guided/handled. /Roger Malmquist, Gotland, Sweden, 26.10.2014 - I prize, Elite class (field 7p, retrieve 10p), trait grades: speed 4, range 4, quartering 4, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 4

Searches during the day with high speed, big range/width, good quartering and is obedient. Shows an excellent bird-work during the day with a very good flush. Calm in flight and shot. Good retrieve. /Lars Karlsson, Enköping, Sweden, 29.11.2014 - I prize, Elite class (field 7p, retrieve 10p), trait grades: speed 4, range 4, quartering 4, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 4

Starts the day a little slow but the search becomes better during the day. Scares a partridge in back-wind, totally calm. After that shows a very good search for the rest of the day. Point, good flush. Calm in flight, shot and fall. Very good retrieve on a pheasant cock. /Lars Karlsson, Enköping, Sweden, 30.11.2014 - I prize, Elite class (field 7p, retrieve 10p), trait grades: speed 4, range 4, quartering 4, obedience/cooperation 4, pointing 4, flush 4

A dog searching in calm speed, quartering correctly, a little too attentive towards handler, three bird-works, in all good flushes and dog still when shooting. Game shot in first situation, from where the dog does a good long retrieve. Announcing back from point well done. /Heikki Nygren, Ilmajoki, Finland, 22.10.2017 - I prize, VOI class (Elite) VOI 1 86 points, trait grades (on the scale of 1-5 p): search 3, announcing from point 5, bird-work 5, retrieve 5, water retrieve 5, track 4, speed 3, quartering technique 4, way of scenting 5, sensitivity to point 3, flush 5, behaviour when game leaves 5, retrieving passion 5, cooperation 3, will to hunt 5, accessibility (from 1-3 p) 3 ("open")

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