FTW Tasco Swift of Lockthorn

Swift is out of the last litter that the late Mary Rountree has bred and as Mary has promissed us long before that we could have a black puppy bitch out of Fee, we have chosen Swift - the "foundation" of our Lockthorn breeding!

Tasco Swift of Lockthorn

20.04.2003 – 09.03.2017

Sire:   FTW Tasco Brimstone
Dam:   FTCH Swinbrook Fee of Tasco

Pedigree

HD 3-7, ED 00, PRA free

Date Place Test / Trial Class Quali Quali Pts/Max Report
03.05.2015 GB-Bestthorpe, Notts WT, Dukeries GC Veteran A.V. 4. 4th –
30.6/1.7.12 GB-Chatsworth KC Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 6. Team 4. Ind. Story
26./27.6.12 GB-Highclere Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 7. Team 10.Ind. Story
03.06.2011 GB-Chatsworth Internat.Retr. Team Event Swiss Team 5.Team 2. Ind. Story
29./30.05.11 GB-Highclere Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 7.Team Top Dog Story
30./31.05.10 GB-Highclere Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 3.Team Story
24./25.05.09 GB-Highclere Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 8.Team 6.Ind. Story
29./30.10.08 GB-Wykeham FT, 3 Rindings LC 24 Open Qualifying Stake AV COM – Story
09./10.10.08 GB-Douneside & Dunecht, Aberdeenshire FT, North of Scotland GA 24 Open Qualifying Stake AV Best Bitch COM – Story
07./08.06.08 A-Seefeld IWT 2008 Swiss Team 2. Team – –
25./26.5.08 GB-Highclere Internat.Gundog Event Swiss Team 10. Team – – Story
21./22.11.07 GB-Sandringham Field Trial LRC Open Qualifying 24 dog stake 2. 2nd – Story
13.11.07 GB-Warter Priory Field Trial YGRC 12 dog Open stake 2. 2nd Story
30.10./1.11.07 GB-Wykeham Field Trial 3 Ridings LC Open Qualifying 24 dog stake 2. 2nd – Story
13.10.2007 GB-Jervaulx YRFTS Field Trial All Aged AV 1st 1st Story
14./15.07.07 DK-Vejle IWT 2007 Swiss Team 12. Team – – Story
27./28.05.07 GB-Highclere Internat. Gundog Event Swiss Team 7. Team – – Story
07.11.2006 GB-Walesby NGRA Field Trial Novice AV 1st 1st – Story
22./23.07.06 D-Moyland IWT 2006 Swiss Team 4. Team – – Story
28./29.05.06 GB-Highclere Internat. Gundog Event Swiss Team 4. Team – Story
19.03.2006 CH- Sennwald RCS Cold Game “B” 2. VG –
19.03.2006 CH – Sennwald RCS Cold Game “C” 1. Exc. –
18.10.2005 GB – Ampton LR Club Field Trial Novice AV – 2nd – Story
14.10.2005 GB – Rainford North WEst LRC Field Trial Novice AV – – –
31.07.2005 D – Oerlinghausen Dummy Trial “S” – VG –
02./03.07.05 I – Breuil Cervinia IWT 2005 Swiss Team 8. Team – –
28./29.05.05 GB -Sherborne Internat. Gundog Event Swiss Team 6. Team – – Story
12.03.2005 CH – Bettwil RCS Dummy Dummy 3 2. Exc 95/100
12.03.2005 CH – Bettwil RCS Dummy Dummy 2 3. Exc 96 /100
16.10.2004 CH – Benken RCS Dummy Dummy 2 – NC 77 / 100
16.10.2004 CH – Benken RCS Dummy Dummy 1 1. Exc 90 / 100
16.10.2004 CH – Benken RCS Dummy Dummy 1 1. Exc 90 / 100
27.07.2004 A – Höchst Working Test “L” 11. VG 74 / 100
07.03.2004 A – Pettnau RVP n. Tiroler Muster Einsteiger 3. VG 89/100

Impressions (click on photos)

Her name is “Swift” and she is out of the last litter that Mary Rountree had bred. We got her with 7 weeks and we thought that she never will grow up. But she has grown!
2003
In the meantime she is bigger than Shan and she enjoys the moors. She hunts like an experienced dog in heather and fern and thank God she reacts on the stop-whistle! (picture January 2004).
2004
August 2004
2004
A "happy bonny"!
2004
In the meantime, Swift is grown up and works with the "old" ones.
2004
With 2 years her first international debut at Sherborne at the International Team Event in May 2005
2005
On the 26th of November Swift has given birth to 9 healthy pups - the Lockthorn T-litter!
2005
Shooting day at Farndale
2006
Swift has no problems with the terrain!
2006
Field-trial season 2007/08: What a season for Swift! Two second places at two 2-days Open Qualifying stakes and one second place at a 1-day Open Qualifying stake. The qualification for the IGL Championship 2007 was so close!
2007
January 2008: Photo shoot with Steffi. The strong points in Swift: To sit and wait and to concentrate.
2008
She did prove this several times this season.
2008
When it is her turn, she is not relaxed anymore; she kicks off like a black bullet and is hunting in a very nice style.
2008
During the coming shooting seasons Swift gets better and more experienced and beside Cap she becomes our "top-picking-up" dog!
2010
Swift celebrates her 8th birthday with a training-weekend in Austria. As Tara has a litter our "granny" is nominated to compete in the Swiss team for the Skinner's World Cup!
2011
She still enjoys working on dummies...
2011
...and she still knows exactly that a stop whistle means stop!
2011
She has no problems with fences - no wonder she has jumped them often enough in North Yorkshire!
2011
And the result ...? One of the highlights in Swifts and Daniels career: Swift becomes TOP DOG at the Skinners World Cup 2011 and therefore she is "Worldchampion 2011".
2011
Already 9 1/2 years old and Swift doesn't look like an old dog (sorry bitch)!
2012
In the meantime Swift is nearly 10 years old and she loves picking-up more than everything else and if there is a very difficult bird it is her turn!
2012
During the trainings in 2013 Swift accompanies Daniel all the time...
2013
...because she knows exactly that she will be sent for a (very difficult!) retrieve!
2013
Lockthorn meeting in November 2013. From left to right: Swift with her daughters Temba &Tara and her grandchildren Duffy, Dice, Dido, Zoe & Ziva.
2013
In 2014 Swift follows Daniel everywhere and controls everything (with or without other dogs around her)...
2014
She is always concentrated and ready to find a lost dummy!
2014
The highlight of the year is still the hunting season: If it is on grouse or pheasants - she still is fit like a fiddle...
2014/15
...even if she aged and her muscles are sore (we all get older)!
2014/15
April 2015: 12 years and none the wiser (as the saying goes)!
2015
Swift feels at home in heather. Grouse-shooting starts on the 12th of August 2015 (the glorious 12th) - and Swift still enjoy the picking-up on the moors!
2015
Family meeting (f.l.t.r.): Ziva, Zoe, Dido, Duffy, Swift, Dice, Tara, Temba
2015
13 years old: Happy Birthday Swift. It's not how old you are, it's how you are old!
2016
3 generations: Swift (13), daughter Tara (11) and granddaughter Zoe(4)
2016
Shooting season 2016/17 there is no picking-up for Swift (in front) anymore...
2016
...the head would know what to do - but the bones (and ears ...)!
2016
Being there is all what matters!
2016