Showing posts with label 5th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5th. Show all posts

Thursday, October 13, 2022

56. CTA Where The Tire Blows, “Pow,” BLF, Jason Baker

Jason and Pow came to the line at 8:12 am

F – Nice line straight to the bird.

LL – Across the field, into the pond, crossed the point in the middle on an angle towards the bird, out the far corner, up the dam and into the 2nd pond, up the terraced hill straight to her bird!


The 5th Series Test is Complete at 8:16 am

Rerun 49. Seaside’s Horse Soldier, “Dagger,” BLM, Tracey Jensen

Tracey and Dagger came to the line at 8:05 am

F – Direct line to his bird today!

LL – Out across the field and into the pond, over the point in the middle, good angle out the far corner of the pond, up the dam, turned right, up the hill and got his bird.


Rerun 42. Green River Floyd’s Boy EARL, “Earl,” YLM, Marc Patton

Marc and Earl came to the line at 7:58 am

F – Turning circles as he went out to the bird, and he got it!

LL – Across the field into the pond, over the right end of the point, out on the far side, ran all the way from the 1st pond to his bird!

 

62. PVS Up To Snuff, “Mikey,” BLM, Seth Steenburgen

Seth and Mikey came to the line at 7:51 am

F – Got a flapper! Perfect!

LL – Across the point and into the corner, up the dam and into the water, up the terrace and to the bird.

Rerun 57. StraightWay’s Raise A Hallelujah, “Halle,” BLF, Mike Bassett

Mike and Halle came to the line at 7:42 am

F – Out to the left, turned right and she got it!

LL – Across the field, skimmed left, across the middle of the point, out at the corner, up the dame and into the 2nd pond, up the terrace field to her bird.

5th Series Test Dogs – Day 2

Test Dogs:

Bayou Teche Roaring Roscoe, "Roscoe," LM
Owner: Bryan Robinson
Handler: Kody Reynolds

First up ...  Roscoe and Kody came to the line at 7:30 am

F –  Straight to it.

L – Into the pond, over the point, out on the far side, up the right side of the dam, ran directly to the bird.


Glade Creek's Little Sister, "Kidd," LF
Owner: Troy Murray
Handler: Sue McNamara  

Next, Sue and Kidd came to the line at 7:36 am

F –  Nice line with a big splash on her water entry to retrieve her bird.

L – Across the field, over the middle of the point, into the corner of the pond, up on the dam, took a hard right and then straight to the bird.


There will be 5 dogs running this morning to complete the 5th Series ....

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

**ANNOUNCEMENT**

The 5th Series has been called for the day. 

We will resume the 5th series Thursday morning. The running order to complete the 5th Series will be as follows: #57, #62, #42, #49, #56.

There will be 2 Test Dogs running at 7:30 am, and then the test will commence.

**IMPORTANT** Instructions for Thursday Morning:

All Contestants that have COMPLETED test 5 should go to the site of test 6 in the morning and callbacks will be given there. 

Directions to the 6th Series Grounds for Thursday -

  • Take US 65 to HH and turn East
  • Go to Tanglenook, which is just past the Retrieving Freedom Signs 
  • Turn Left and go 5 miles until you see the Derby Signs
  • Watch for the property signs, they will have Flashing Lights
  • Turn Right at the gates – Parking signs will be up

Only Contestants #57, #62, #42, #49, #56 should report back to the site of test 5 to complete the test. Then they will also head over to the test 6 site to hear the callbacks to the 6th with everyone else.

Thank you! Everyone have a great Night! Hope to see you at the Worker's Party this evening!


**ANNOUNCEMENT**

Visibility delay at 4:02 pm – There is a bad glare on the water at this test currently. There will be at least a 30 minute delay. Please stay tuned. Also ...

PLEASE NOTE: It has been decided that Dogs #42 and #49 that Picked Up will be given a rerun due to this Visibility issue. The glare was identified as the reason for the problem on their flyer. As a result, we will have 4 reruns at the end of the current running order – the two late pick-ups and the two earlier pick-ups.

54. Todd’s Five Finger Discount, “Steal,” BLM, Reid Jones

Reid and Steal came to the line ...

F – Took a right to the tip of the point with guns, he could not see his bird ... but then he found it, goes strong and he gets it!

LL – In the pond over the right end of the point, out to the  far shore, over the dam and back in the water up by the guns, back and forth, then he got his bird.

53. Chasing Macks Rippers Ace, “Riley,” BLM, Jeff Stetzenbach

Jeff and Riley came to the line at 3:37 pm

F – Got in then back up on the point with the guns, back in the water and out to the bird.

LL – Across the field, into the pond, on to the point at the right end, swam to the far shore, up the dam and took a right to hook the guns, then back down to his bird.

51. Moses N Rain’s Storm On The Black River, “Storm,” BLF, Marc Patton

Marc and Storm came to the line at 3:30 pm

F – Had a bit of a bobble but worked it out quickly

LL – Across the middle of the point, back in the pond, out on the far side, climbed the hill to the back side of the guns, deep loop, came back down and got it!

49. Seaside’s Horse Soldier, “Dagger,” BLM, Tracey Jensen

Tracey and Dagger came to the line at 3:22 pm

F – Got in and turned right, up and down off the point with the gunners. Could not find the bird, ended up on the shore, could not work it out. Picked up.

**NOTE: Due to water glare factors this dog will rerun this test at the end of the running order.

48. Silvertip’s Ring Of Light, “Halo,” BLM, Al Vezey

Al and Halo came to the line at 3:14 pm

F – Gone one flapping - Good job!

LL – Across the field into the pond, swam past the end of the point to the far side, ran all the way to get deep of the guns, turned left and came down to the bird.

No-Bird 45. Leitner Farms Home Run Hitter JH, “Babe,” YLF, James Hard

James and Babe came to the line at 3:10 pm and received a No-Bird on the Flyer

F – No bird on the Flyer

They will come back after 5 dogs


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44. Fatcitys Drunkin Otis Campbell, “Otis,” BLM, Travis Echelberry

Travis and Otis came to the line at 3:02 pm

F – Perfect!

LL – Over the land and into the water over the right end of the point, out on the far shore up the right side, behind the guns turned left immediately and went to the bird.

43. Timber Ridge True To The Mark, “Trudi,” BLF, Reid Jones

Reid and Trudi came to the line at 2:57 pm

F – Snagged it!

LL – Swam over the middle of the point, into the far corner of the pond, over the dam, made a hard right, ran down to the bird - She knew where it was!

42. Green River Floyd’s Boy EARL, “Earl,” YLM, Marc Patton

Marc and Earl came to the line ...

F – Got out by the guns working that side of the bank, back into the water and then back out...could not find the bird and had to handle. Picked up.

**NOTE: Due to water glare factors this dog will rerun this test at the end of the running order.

40. Discovering New Lands, “Chris,” BLM, Paul Sletten

Paul and Chris came to the line at 2:42 pm

F – Had to hunt (the glare is getting really bad) but he was persistent and got it!

LL – Across the field, into the pond, on the far right end of the point, swam, then up the dam, took a hard right and ran to the fall area, 1 loop under the arc, turned and he got it!

37. Flex’s Carbon Copy - Ditto, “Ditto,” BLM, Randy Whittaker

Randy and Ditto came to the line at 2:35 pm

F – Into the water and swam hard for his bird.

LL – Into the pond, got out on the right end of the point, out at the far shore, up and over the dam, in to the 2nd pond, drove the hill to the bird - very nice!