From 11 to 16 September 2020 the Mod­ule II of the national IRO Trainer pro­gramme took place in Gmunden/Regau, Austria. From Fri­day to Sunday the can­di­date trainers re­ceived theoretical and prac­ti­cal instruc­tions in the Area Search. Besides the bark­ing display, the topics “Bringseln” and free references were taught. A further focus was set on obedi­ence and dexterity.

Out of 15 participants, ten passed the examination for the national IRO Trainer:

Claudio Bötschi (CH)
Annette Köhler (DE)
Denis Laus (FR)
Matthias Leinich (AT)
Borut Modic (SI)
Silvia Pixner (AT)
Alarico Sberlati (IT)
Marco Schmitt (AT)
Julia Welz (DE)
Simon Willfort (AT)

We congratulate all new national IRO Train­ers and thank the SVÖ Gmunden-Regau (OG 009) for the wonderful sup­port in the organisation and re­a­li­sa­ti­on of the event.