We started the day with 21 dogs needing to finish the 6th Series Water Quad with a Honor, 17 of these dogs have not come to the line, 4 were coming back for their re-run.
Our second day of the 6th Series started with dog #46 coming to the line at 9:05 am, with the last dog #57 being released from honor at 3:10 pm.
This two day test took a total of 16 hours 3 minutes which averages out to be 21 minutes per dog for the 46 dogs that started this series.
Here is how the last two days were spent in the field for this series...
We did not have a gun change today, but here is how they went yesterday, November 10. Our gun changes happened between dog #22 & 24 around 10:48 am.
This became an extended gun change due to some birds escaping. But once
everything got under control we were back up and going. Our second and
last gun change of the day came after dog #35 at 3:11 pm.
Also, since this test had a honor we had to have dogs #34 Mickey (from WI) and #35 Mickey (from TX) split up yesterday so #35 went after #36!
In total we had 16 no birds/re-runs; 3 double handles; 7 handles and 2 picked up. We also had a special circumstance no bird/ re-run with dog #57. Maggie went to the Left Flyer and got picked up on this bird. However, after she came back in and judges saw where this flyer had landed, they decided to give her a re-run because this flyer was way out of the test. Maggie will be judged on the first three birds she had already retrieved and on her re-run, she will be judged only on the Long Retired
As you can see this test threw a lot at the competitors and the judges!
We will be posting the callbacks as soon as we get them.
Tomorrow, Day 6, Thursday, November 12 we will be at test site 4, Fuller's property 3910 FM 1624, Giddings (page 9 in the Training Grounds Book).
Test dogs will be called to the line at 6:45 am with the first running dog approximately at 7:00 am.
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