Series 4 & 5 - Land Blind and Water Blind - Recap

Our last dog #45 finished this series at 5:08 pm. We started with dog #46 at 10:08 am. We had two gun changes, the first one after dog #3 at 12:16 pm and the last at 2:40 after dog #24 finished its series. The day warmed to the mid 80's and wind also increased up to 10 mph from the south. 

We started with a total of 52 dogs and it took 7 hours complete this test which is approximately 8 minute per dog.

We will be back with the callbacks as soon as we get them!

45. FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George, "Clooney" BLM, Ryan Brasseaux

DOB: 5/20/13

1st Derby: 4/10/15

5:03 pm

Land - Clooney had a very good initial line. He received his only two whistles along the levee and that brought him to his bird.

5:04 pm 

Water - Another very good initial line that took him near the first point where he got three whistles with two more to follow to get him to the second point and the last one whistles to get off that point and on to his bird.  

 

 

44. FC-AFC Yours Truly Indigo, "Tru" BLF, Chris Ledford

DOB: 2/25/14

1st Derby: 4/10/15

4:56 pm

Land - One whistle to get Tru to the road and one for brush but she missed it. She got two blows along the levee and the last one brought her to her bird.

Water - Tru received two whistles to the pond and then four to get her on to the first point with one to follow and Tru was over it. Getting her last three whistle, two to get to the second point and the last to her bird.

 

 

43. NAFC-FC Steadfast's Bachelor Special, "Croc" BLM, Ty Rorem

DOB: 1/22/13

1st Derby: 9/19/14

4:49 pm

Land - Crock got two whistles to get over the brush and four more along the levee on the backside of it that moved him to his bird.

4:51 pm

Water - Croc got two whistles to get to the pond then three more to the first point and two to get off. Seven more whistles followed to the second point and the last two got him off of it and to the bird.

 

 

41. FC-AFC J & C's Another Round In the Chamber, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey

DOB: 10/2/14

1st Derby: 9/25/15

Land - Bullet got his first whistle to put him over the brush with one more along the levee. Three more whistles followed to get him to his bird.

Water - One whistle to the pond with three to follow to get Bullet to the first point and one to get over it. Four more blows got him to the second point and off to his bird.

 

40. FC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi, "Tavi" BLF, Marcy Wright

DOB: 12/6/14

1st Derby: 4/15/16

4:33 pm

Land - Tavi got two whistles to get over the brush and five along the levee to get her bird.

4:35 pm

Water - Two whistles got Tavi in the water with five more to the point and on off. Two more whistles to adjust the line on the approach of the second point with one more to the grassy area and off for the bird.

 

39. FC T1's Seaside Construction Zone, "Stud" BLM, Scott Harp

DOB: 5/20/13

1st Derby: 8/29/17

Land - Stud took a whistle at the road then one more to the brush but he missed it. Three whistles along the levee and the last three to the bird.

Water - He took three to the point and one to get over the point with three to get to the second point with three more to bring him to his bird.

 

37. FC Hilltop's High Society Lady Ga Ga, "Lady" YLF, Danny Farmer

DOB: 6/7/11

1st Derby: 8/31/12

4:17 pm

Land - One whistle to adjust the line over the brush. Lady held this line until midway along the levee where she got one more whistle then the check down.

4:20 pm

Two whistles to the water that took her to the point where she got one whistles to get off. Four more came in the middle that had her landing his on the second point, but she drove off with a cast and was on the bird.

 

36. FC TruLine's Just Floyd, "Floyd" YLM, Amie Henninger

DOB: 6/29/17

1st Derby: 7/27/18

4:12 pm

Land - Floyd's initial line got him to the levee where he received two whistles along side it. His last two blows got him to the bird.

Water - One whistle go him to the pond with two to the first point and one followed to him over it. Three whistles took him to the second point and the three got him to his bird.

 

35. FC-AFC Hockley Creek's Switch Hitter, "Mickey" BLM, Robby Bickley

DOB: 8/29/13

1st Derby: 10/3/14

4:04 pm 

Land - Robbie blew his whistle the first time to have Mickey (from TX) to adjust his line. The next and last three whistles came along the levee that carried him to the bird.

4:06 pm

Water - One whistle to the water and two more to the point with one to follow to get over it. Mickey then got two more whistles to get to the second point with the final two to move off of it and to his bird.

 

 

34. FC Seaside's Where Dreams Come True, "Mickey" BLM, Andrew Curtis

DOB: 4/8/15

1st Derby: 8/5/16

Land - Andy blew his whistle the first time to get Mickey to the road. The next blow came along the levee with the last two to the bird.

Water - Mickey got three whistles to the pond and two more to get to the point. One to get over the point and three more to get to the second point. The last three whistles Andy blew was to get Mickey to the bird.

 

33. FC Freeline Pogie, "Pogie" BLM, Ty Rorem

DOB: 4/6/14

1st Derby: 5/15/15

3:48 pm

Land - Pogie received two whistles to get over the brush and four along the backside of the levee that brought her to the bird.

3:49 pm

Water - The first whistle Pogie received was to adjust his line into the pond. The next four was to get him to the point and one more to get him over it. He then got two more whistles to get through the water and the following two was to get him to hit the grass and come off for the bird.

 

 

32. FC-AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker" BLM, Alex Abraham

DOB: 4/7/11

1st Derby: 4/20/12

Land - Tucker had one whistle to the road and one to get over the brush. One more whistle came along the levee with the last to get the bird.

Water - Two whistles to the pond with two more coming to the point. Tucker had to get another two blows to get over the 1st point with 2 more whistles to the second. The last two whistles for Tucker was to get him to the bird.

 

 

30. FC-AFC Midway's Aventador, "Jenny" BLF, Tim Milligan

DOB: 9/29/13

1st Derby: 2/20/15

3:31 pm

Land - One whistle to adjust the line and two along the levee then the check down.

3:33 pm

Water - One whistle to get into the water and two more to get onto the first point with two to follow to get off. Jenny then got two more whistles to the next point and three to get off and to the bird.

 

 

29. FC-AFC Cropper's Fire in the Hole, "Deep" BLM, Al Arthur

DOB: 12/14/11

1st Amateur: 8/23/13 (did not compete in derby or qualifying stakes)

Land - Deep took two whistles to get to the road and one to go over the brush. One more along the levee that carried him to the bird.

Water - He got his first three whistles in the water to get to the point. Two more to go over the first point with an addition two to the second point. This last two whistles were to get over the second point and to his bird.

 

 

28. FC Truluck's Goin' Jessie, "Jessie" BLF, Danny Farmer

DOB: 9/25/13

1st Derby: 5/8/15

3:15 pm

Land - One whistle to get Jessie over the brush the three more to the bird.

3:17 pm

A quick early whistle to adjust Jessie's line and one more to get in the water. He took two more whistles to the point and one to get off. With two more whistles to get to the next point and one to get off, Jessie was to his bird.

 

27. FC-AFC Slick When Wet III, "Slick" BLM, Bill Sargenti

DOB: 2/22/13

1st Derby: 4/25/14

3:06 pm

Land - Slick got to the brush before he got a whistle to get over it. Three more along the levee and one last one to the bird.

Water - One whistle to the pond then multiple whistles to get Slick to the first point with one to get over. Slick had multiple cast to get to the bird.

 

 

26. FC-AFC Pinetree's Party Girl, "Snookie" BLF, Delma Hazzard

DOB: 11/1/13

1st Derby: 2/13/15

2:56 pm

Land - Snookie got one whistle before the brush and one after to put almost to the bird. She got another whistle to the bird. However, no bird was planted.

3:01 pm

Water - One early whistles to establish her line that brought Snookie to her second whistle to the point. Three more whistles was all it took to get her over the first point, second point and to her bird. 

25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

DOB: 2/22/13

1st Derby: 2/21/14

2:51 pm

Land - Luke took one whistle to the road that carried him all the near the end where he took two to get to the bird.

Water - Taking two whistles to get to the pond, Luke got another three to the first point with one to get over it. He got two more blows of the whistle to get to the second point and finished with more to get over it and to the bird.

2nd Gun Change & Weather

 After dog #24 completed its series we had a gun change at 2:40 pm. Our temps are 83 degrees with sunny skies. The wind has picked up to 10 mph still coming from the south. 

We will be back soon with dog #25!