DKV AZP is the older dog breed test. We have completed solms with a prize I last year and there is no need to enter AZP. I like to test my dogs in AZP b/c I like to see where they are a year after solms. Testing, for me, is not something we do and be gald when it's over and we made it thru the system.

We recieved a prize II due to Bregon not delivering to hand the rabbit,I had to walk over and take it from him, he was about 8' from me. In europe, delivery to hand with a sit is a must. Otherwise we recieved all 4s.

The test is a solms judged to a higher level of performance due to a dog being older and having more experience.

A 4 in water for a solms dog can be a 2 or 3 to an AZP dog.

The categories are field (gun sensitivity,nose,search point,steady to flush), fur drag(350yards),feather drag(150 yards),water gun sensitivity,blind retreive,duck search,

temperment evaluation,cooperation,obedience - these are judged the moment you enter the parking lot until the senior judge announces the end of the test,

desire,manner of retreive and manner of hunting.

 Here are some pictures from the test:

delivery of sensitivity duck

 after feather drag

Great job!!!!  You should be VERY Proud!!!

Thank you.
We train for these tests on weekends only and not being the best trainer and short on time I go in hoping more than knowing.
My 0 is sticking and the drag distances mentioned above were incorrect. rabbit drag 350 yards(with 2 bends),feather drag 150 yards(with 1 bend).(just a tab bit of a difference)

This particular test posed several challenges. I am very proud Bregon rolled with the punches and performed well.

I put my dogs thru hell to prepare for these tests. In training they are presented with almost every concievable obstacle I can think of. At a test you don't know what the conditions will bring and the dog MUST perform.

It's a fun test and the dogs love the training.

Nice time of year in Germany. Did you have nice weather?
It would have been nice to see the different breeds perform.
I am very proud of Bregon and myself, this is team work - we pass or fail together.
Dogs feel stress, too. It was a tough drag. People will tell you the high grass is easier - it's not. The rabbit was amost 4 lbs, and bloody. It was a hot point in the temps for the day, no breeze,totally independent work. We were the only dog to have a drag in this high grass - we were running out of land and there was a real young solms dog still to go, so I agreed to the conditions. I know what my dogs can handle, he did good but as I saw, he protested just a teeny weeny bit.

He was right.

Thought I'd add one more picture of the day.

A little down time between water work.

 That last picture is too funny.  Again congrats on Bregon's accomplishments. He is a beautiful boy too.

Ha, love that picture! "Down" time ... hehe.

Pixie

Something is not right in the aove .  According to your account, Bregon should have received a Prize I. The 2 in the rabbit drag would be averaged with the other retrieves which were 4's so the Bringen overall score would have been a 3.   That should have entitled him to a Prize 1, not a Prize II.  

Not true. The rabbit drag is in -and -of itself. Even if he recieved a 4 in the other 2 retreives a 2 in rabbit lowers the prize. That's how Margitta explained it to me.

Retrieve scoring was judged strict.

What I wrote may have been misleading - we recieved 4s in all catagories except manner of retreive.

You are correct when you state the rabbit drag is scored separately.  However, a 2 in the rabbit drag would only have entitled Bregon to a Prize 3 since he would have had to score at least a 3(the minimum) for a Prize 2.    Look at your paperwork (Prufungs-Bescheinigung) that you received at the test.  I believe you will find the 2 in Art de Bringen which should have been averaged with the other two retrieving scores.  If he really had all 4's in all other areas, either you or the judges made a mistake.