O sodnici Riti Kökény

Sodnica Rita Kökény prihaja iz kraja Szalafő na Madžarskem, v bližini meje s Slovenijo, kjer živi, dela in vzreja nadvse uspešne delovne labradorce. Zelo smo ji hvaležni za vso pomoč, priporočila in nasvete ter za odlično sojenje na našem 3. delovnem testu iz prinašanja v soboto 17.8.2013 in na prvem Dummy trialu v nedeljo 18.8.2013 v Gabrjah pri Tolminu. V nedeljski delavnici pod njenim vodstvom smo dobili jasno in natančno razlago pravilnega vodenja, uporabne nasvete in koristne namige za uspešno delo. Uspeh zanesljivo ne bo izostal, saj kot pravi Rita, za vsem skupaj ni nobene čarovnije, le dosledno delo.

"V svet prinašalcev sem vstopila leta 1997, ko sem dobila svojega prvega labradorca Artúrja, razstavnega psa finskega porekla – pred njim sem imela španjele. Prvega delovnega labradorca sem kupila leta 2001, Gianna of Carinthia, čudovita psica, ki je postala mednarodni in madžarski šampion v delu  (Int. FTCH in H. FTCH) pri starosti 3,5 let s povsem neizkušeno vodnico... od nje sem se naučila veliko več kot bom lahko sama kdajkoli naučila svoje pse.

Moja druga psica Chance of Dukefield – zelo elegantna in prijetna mala psica, z obilo delovne vneme – je osvojila mednarodni šampionat v delu (Int. FTCH) leta 2006 in tekom let osvojila številne nagrade na lovskih preizkušnjah ter uvrstitve med zmagovalce na delovnih testih.

Leta 2008 mi je uspelo v svoji psarni okronati še dva delovna šampiona: Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer in GB FTCH Blackthorn Ascella.  V letu 2009 je Ascelli v Angliji uspel neverjeten podvig – zmagala je dva kvalifikacijska odprta field triala zapored in v roku enega tedna postala prvi in do zdaj edini pes s kontinenta, ki se lahko ponaša z naslovom FTCH, pridobljenim po pravilih Britanske kinološke zveze, ter se kvalificirala na tradicionalno Prvenstvo Prinašalcev Mednarodne lige za lovske pse (International Gundog league - IGL).

V letu 2005 sem s prvim leglom Gianne postavila temelje svoje psarne Blackthorn.

Že dolgo sem aktivna pri promociji dela prinašalcev na Madžarskem – v minulih 8-ih letih kot ena vodij Kluba za labradorce (Labrador Retriever Club) –od leta 2001 sem upravljala tudi informativno profesionalno spletno stran – RetrieverSport – o šolanju in oskrbi prinašalcev.

Potem ko sem se kvalificirala kot mednarodna sodnica za delo, sem opravila praktični tečaj za sojenje FT v Angliji, ki je potekal pod okriljem tamkajšnje kinološke zveze pod vodstvom Sandre in Johna Halsteada ter Johna Druryja. V veliko čast in veselje mi je bilo učiti se od najboljših angleških sodnikov.

V minulih letih sem sodila ob številnih priložnostih na Madžarskem, Češkem, v Avstriji, Nemčiji, na Finskem in Švedskem. V letu 2008 sem imela čast soditi na Field Trialu v Angliji!

Kot inštruktorica vodim redne lovske tečaje in tečaje prinašanja na svojem terenu v bližini meje z Avstrijo, pa tudi v tujini, kjer pripravljam pse in vodnike na lovske preizkušnje in WT/FT. Vadim le z majhnimi skupinami, da se lahko osredotočim na individualne težave vsakega vodnika in psa. Moji treningi so precej „tehnični”, rada gradim na uspehu s postopnim oteževanjem vaj namesto preizkušanja psa z veliko prinašanja.

Še vedno precej svojega časa namenim obisku drugih inštruktorjev v Angliji in na kontinentu ter se udeležujem treningov pod njihovim vodstvom, saj se vse življenje učimo in na ta način dobimo sveže, nove ideje. Pozimi ves svoj prosti čas preživljam premražena na lovih, kjer lahko uživam sadove svojega dela s psi čez leto.

V veliko zadovoljstvo mi bo prvič soditi v Sloveniji in vsem tekmovalcem želim veliko sreče ter obilo zabave."

Rita Kökény, 2013

Preberite več v njenem intervjuju za revijo All about Retriever.  

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About judge Rita Kökény

Judge Rita Kökény comes from Szalafő, Hungary, near Slovenian border, where she lives, works and breeds most successful working labradors. We are very thankful to her for all the help, recommendations & advice and for excellent judging of our third working test on Saturday 17th of August 2013 and first Dummy Trial on Sunday 18th of August 2013 in Gabrje near Tolmin, Slovenia. In her Sunday's workshop we got clear and precise explanation of correct handling, useful advice and good hints on successful work. We got trust not to fail, because as Rita says, there is no magic behind success, just consistent work.

"I entered into the retriever world in 1997. when I got my first lab Artúr, a show dog from Finnish lines - before him I had spaniels. I bought my first field trial labrador in 2001., Gianna of Carinthia, a wonderful bitch: she became Int. FTCH and H. FTCH by her age of 3,5 - with a totally green trainer... I learned much more from her than I can ever teach to my dogs.

My second bitch Chance of Dukefield - a very stylish and pleasing little bitch with a lots of drive - won her Int. FTCH title in 2006. and she has won a lot of FT awards and WT placements during the years.

In 2008. I made two other dogs up to FTCH in my kennel: Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer and GB FTCH Blackthorn Ascella. In 2009. Ascella did an incredible thing in England: she won 2 qualifying Open Field Trials in a row, within a week and she became the first and until now the only one Field Trial Champion from the Continent made up under the rules of the UK Kennel Club and she was also qualified to run on the IGL Retriever Championship in Blankley.

With the first litter of Gianna I put down the foundations of my kennel called Blackthorn in 2005. 

I have been active in promoting retriever work in Hungary for a long time - in the past 8 years as one of the leaders of the Labrador Retriever Club - and I have been managing an informative professional website - RetrieverSport - on training and care of retrievers since 2001.

After qualifying myself as an FCI overall performance judge I had finished a practical FT judging course in England organized by the Kennel Club with the guidance of Sandra and John Halstead and John Drury. It was a great honour and joy to learn from the Top Judges in England!

In the past years I judged many times in Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Finland and Sweden - and in 2008. I had the honour to judge on a Field Trial in England!

I hold regular hunting and dummy training classes in my own area near the Austrian border as well as abroad, preparing dogs and handlers for hunt tests and WT/FT.  I train only small groups so I can focus on the individual problem of every dog and handler. My trainings are quite 'technical', I like 'trial and success' method with built-up excercises instead of testing the dogs with a lot of dummies retrieved.

I still spend considerable time to visit other trainers in England and on the Continent and take training days from them because one can always learn and get fresh new ideas. Wintertime I spend all my spare time freezing on picking-ups where I can enjoy the result of the all-year-long training of my dogs.

It will be a great pleasure for me to judge for the first time in Slovenia and I wish good luck and great fun to the competitors!"

Rita Kökény, 2013.

Read more in her interview for All about Retriever.