German Shepherd's Championship 2019 in IPO-R RH-FL will be held on 02.-03.11.2019.

Information on the competition, participants and timetable can be found under this address: http://www.saksalambakoer.ee/IPO-R-RH-FL-MV-2019

Photo Mihkel Rikas

INT. IRO RESCUE DOG TESTING EVENT IPO-R RH-F and RH-FL

Time:                                    06.-07.10.2018
Categories:                           IPO-R RH-F E, A and B (tracking)
                                             IPO-R RH-FL E, A and B (area search)
Place:                                   Harju/Rapla County , Estonia
Tracks:                                 Kernu
Area Search:                         Pihali
Obedience and dexterity field: Pihali

Judges:                                J.Ternovec (SI), K.Skulj (SI)
Organizers:                          Estonian Search Dogs Club (Eesti Otsingukoerte Klubi)
Head organizer:                   Marika Reinol

Test results can be found here under this link!

RH-FL B awarding

RH-FL A awarding

RH-FL E awarding

RH-F E awarding

10-11th of June 2017 an International IRO Testing Event took place in Finland at Porvoo where our members Kris Hensoo and Ruppert achieved in area search RH-FL B result, 265 points and 4th place. The judge was Charlotte Kranz from Austria. Congratulations for such a great achievement!

Photo by Margot Luukas

On 22-24 May 2017 IRO Module 2 MRT Rubble Preparation and veterinary training was held in Finland. The instructors of the module wered Steve Buckley (UK), Dušan Weber (SI), Ralf Gilles (DE) and veterinarian Nina Ambroz (SI). Module course was arranged by FRFK9 and practical work was carried out in the rubble fields of Espoo, Helsinki and Vantaa. There were 5 participants from Finland and 2 participants from Estonia. The picture gallery by FRFK9 can be found here.

Photo by Anu Haveri

FCI Rescue Dogs Commission has updated  the list of FCI judges since 01.05.2017.The list contains the information on the national and international FCI judges and can be found here! 

FCI Rescue Dogs Commission has informed national kennel organizations that IRO accepts again IPO-R A-level results judged by national rescue dog judges!  

Therefore it is no longer mandatory to have IPO-R A level result judged solely by IRO or FCI international judge in order to enter to the IRO tests in IRO calendar plan, instead of that A-level can be done with national judge.  

27th of November 2016 in Saue Parish at Jõgisoo the FH tracking exam was organized by Estonian Search Dogs Club. Our members achieved following results: Monika Rusing with dog Margman Wildfire Wanda FH1 with 87 points and Kadri Viljalo with dog Perri FH2 with 90 points. The judge was Aivo Oblikas.

Congratulations for great results!

International Rescue Dog Organisation IRO has published its calendar plan for 2017. Our club is honoured to host an IRO Testing Event in tracking and area search on 7-8 October 2017!

Calendar is available here!

On 13th of November 2016 in Raplamaa at Pihali the judge's test for national IPO-R judge candidates was organized by Dog Training and Coordination Section of Estonian Kennel Union (EKL-KKK) in cooperation with Estonian Search Dogs Club. The examination commission composed canine specialists as follows: FCI/IRO rescue dog judge Walter Hoffmann (Germany), Estonian Kennel Union trial judges Urve Lageda and Anu Oks and head organizer Aili Kivinurm by EKL-KKK. Two candidate judges - Monika Rusing and Margot Luukas both performed the test successfully and soon they become first IPO-R rescue dog judges in Estonia dedicated to area search (RH-FL) judging!   

Many thanks to the examination commission, helpers and victims. Big thanks to the participants with test dogs!

 Candidates listening instructions from Walter Hoffmann

21-25 September 2016 an IRO World Championships for Rescue Dogs were held in Italy near Turin. 114 dog teams from 23 countries were competing in three disciplines: area search, rubble search and tracking. Two dog teams from Estonia started both in area search. Kadri Viljalo with dog Perri under start number 102 made great results in area search with 188 points (all three victims found) and 95 points in obedience and dexterity. Margot Luukas with dutch shepherd dog Roosi (Amy's White Rose von den Hohenheimer Herdern) under start number 108 got 91 points in area search (one located victim) and 96 points in obedience and dexterity. In total Kadri and Perri got in area search 283 points and note "very good" and high 5th place out of 48 teams! Our second team did not get result because they didn't find all victims in search part.

Congratulations to Kadri and Perri for such a great result in the World Championships of the Rescue Dogs! This is a very first time when a dog team from Estonia has got a positive result from Rescue Dog's WCH and high place in TOP5!

Opening ceremony of the WCH

Kadri & Perri - area search 5th place

All results can be found from the website of the competition - IRO WCH.

10-11 September 2016 an International IRO Testing Event was held in tracking and area search at Linnamäe in Läänemaa. Test was arranged by Estonian Rescue Dog Union and the judge was Mrs Resi Gerritsen from Holland.

9 teams started from our club, 3 of them in tracking and 6 teams in area search. The results were following:

Photos by Mihkel Rikas 

Congratulations for such a great results! Some more pictures can be seen here!