Day 6 - Series 7 & 8 - Recap

Giddings, TX gave us another beautiful day for a field trial. The temps started in the mid 60’s but warmed up nicely in the 80’s. 

We had 35 dogs starting the 7th Series Water Blind at test site #4 Fuller’s Property. Our first running dog #22 came to the line at 7:20 am. This was a fast moving test taking less then 3 minutes per dog. Our last running dog #18 ended the test at 9:00 am. All 35 dogs were called back to the 8th Series. 

We stayed on the same property for the 8th Series, Land Quad with a Honor. The line and gunner adjustments were made and our first test dog was on the line at 10:01 am. Our first running dog #33 came to the line at 10:36 am. Our first and only gun change happened after #55 completed its test at 1:36 pm.

This test proved to have its difficulties as we saw 8 handles, 1 double handle and 1 picked up. We had 5 no bird / re-runs. It took us 7 hours 4 minutes to get the 35 dogs through this test which averaged to just over 12 minutes per dog. We waited for our callbacks as the judges had a lot to look at. We had 17 dogs dropped and 18 called back to the 9th Series which will start tomorrow Day 7, November 13th. 

The 9th Series will be located on the Parrott’s Property, 1980 CR 106, Giddings (see page 8 in the Training Grounds Book) This test will be a Water Triple. 

Test dogs will be called to the line at 8:30 am and the first running dog #52 will come to the line at approximately 9:00 am.

7th Series Ended

 The last dog has run and the 7th Series has ended at 9am.

18. FC Vinwood's Million Dollar Baby, "Babe" BLF, Danny Farmer

 8:56

2 whistles to get to the brush, 1 to the water and 1 more in the pond and a final whistle at the end to her bird.

20. FC-AFC Kirkwood's Blue Grade Lady, "Gracie" BLF, Casey Adams

 8:54

1st whistle to adjust line and then 1 more at the brush pile, 1 to the water, 1 in the pond and a final whistle at the end to her bird.

17. FC-AFC Jet Black's Supersonic Boom, "Sonic" BLM, Paul Sletten

 8:52

1st whistle on the hill and 1 more at the gunner. This line carried him all the way to his bird.

12. FC-AFC Lock Five's Got Her Blue Genes On, "Baby" BLF, Bill Woodson

 8:48

1 whistle on the hillside, 1 just past the gunner, 1 more in the water and a final whistle at her bird.

11. FC-AFC Trumarc's Mavis, "Mavis" BLF, Sylvia McClure

 8:45

2 whistles at the brush pile, 1 just past the brush, 1 at the gunner and 1 final whistle at the bird.

9. FC-AFC Gunstock's Win Chester, "Chester" YLM, Danny Farmer

 8:41

Good initial line to the brush, 2 whistles to the water and this carried him all the way to the bird!

3. FC Rocket Blasts for Blue, "Rocket" BLM, Chris Ledford

 8:38

2 whistles to get to the brush pile, 2 more to get to the water, 1 in the water and a final check down at the bird.

2. FC-AFC 3R'S Mr T Smoken Joe, "Smokie" BLM, Ty Rorem

 8:35

2 initial whistles before the brush pile, and this carried him right to his bird!

1. FC-AFC Rimfires Once Inna Blue Moon, "Blue" BLM, Al Arthur

 1st whistle at the base of the hill, this took him all the way to his bird! Just 1 final whistle at the bird.

60. AFC Magzilla's War Hero, "Patton" BLM, Andrew Kahn

 8:31

1 whistle before the hillside to adjust his line, 1 more just past the brush, 2 whistles in the pond and 1 final whistle at the bird.

59. Rain's Bases Loaded, Grand Slam QA2, "Slam" BLM, Jim Beck

 8:28

1st whistle before the pond and a check down at the bird.

58. FC-AFC Silver Star's Watch'em Like A Hawk, "Hawk" BLM, Jamie Woodson

 8:26

1 whistle to the brush, 1 to the water, 1 more in the pond and a final whistle at the end to his bird.

57. FC North Dakota's Prairie Magic, "Maggie" YLF, Charlie Moody

 8:23

2 whistles to the brush pile, and 2 more to get to the water. She carried this line all the way to her bird.

55. FC-AFC Glade Creek's Lonestar Dreamcatcher, "Cheyenne" BLF, Tim Milligan

 8:19

 2 early whistles to adjust her line and 1 more at the brush, 1 to the waters edge and 1 last whistle in the pond and this carried to her bird.

54. FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen, "Reina" BLF, David Opseth

 8:16

2 whistles on the flat before the brush and 1 final whistle before the gunner and this took her all the way to her bird!

52. AFC Cajun Nightmares Rougaroux, "Boo" BLF, JD Babb

 8:13

1st whistle on the hill, 2 more at the brush pile, 1 just past the gunner, 1 more at the waters edge and this carried her to her bird with 1 final whistle at the bird.

47. FC Trumarc's Gratuity, "Tippy" BLF, Danny Farmer

 8:10

1st whistle just past the brush and this line carried her all the way to the end with a final whistle at the bird.

46. FC-AFC Mudslinger's Amazing Vision, "T Bone" YLM, Clint Avant

 2 whistles at the brush to adjust his line, 2 more to get to the water and this took T Bone all the way to his bird!