National Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Retriever Championship Blog

Saturday, November 12, 2022

1st & 2nd Series Test Dogs

Test Dogs:

AFC Step On It Margaret – “Gretta,” LF
Owned and Handled: 
Mark Jenson

First Test dog, Mark and Gretta came to the line at 7:37 am

F –  Huge long bird that went almost to the tree line – straight to the area – hunted up in the snow and got her bird.

SR – Came in to the fall area – Nice.

Blind – Through both pieces of cover with 1 whistle – a few loops and ducked behind a bale – lost in the cover, but she sorted it out and got it.
 

FC Armo’s Cold Water Running Strong, “Steel,” LM
Owner: Joe James and Sarah Shelton-James
Handler: Joe James

Next up ...  Joe and Steel came to the line at 7:43 am

F –  Long low flyer – out to the area – hunted under the arc, then out to the flyer

SR – Came in left of the cover strip and straight to the bird.

Blind – Caught the 1st 2 pieces of cover, multiple whistles and he got into heavy cover behind the bale, worked it out and got his bird.
 



This test should take the dogs approximately 5-7 minutes to complete.