3rd Series Recap

Sunday November 13 – Monday November 14, 2022

3rd Series – Land and Water Triple

93 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs: Test Dogs started out the day Sunday bright and early at 6:25 am, beginning with "Steel," and then "Gretta," giving the competitors a look at what this series would have in store for them. On Monday a single test dog "Gretta" was run to show handlers the new conditions for the test on the second day.

Start: The Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #75 FC Crew's Splintered Timber, "Timber," BLM with handler Jerry Patopea at 7:55 am on Sunday! (Fun Fact: Jerry Patopea was the first handler up Saturday too for the 1st and 2nd series test – But he was starting with dog #50 that time)

Conditions: The weather on both days very crisp and frosty in the morning, with temps in the 20’s. Temps reached into the low 40’s later on Sunday, but it remained a mostly cloudy day all day, with a slight breeze at 4 mph and snow still on the ground. Monday it was a clear sky and Sunny with most of the snow melted away from the ground.

Here is how things turned out for the 3rd Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (9): 4 – 7 – 21 – 43 – 56 – 77 – 87 – 88 – 99
Handles (15): 11 – 12 – 17 – 25 – 27 – 30 – 38 – 41 – 52 – 56 – 60 – 65 – 78 – 82 – 86 

Double Handles (0):

Pick-Ups (6): 3 – 19 – 23 – 43 – 57 – 85

Scratches (0): 

Finish: Our last running dog for the day, and for Series 3, was dog #74 FC Kanga's Kryptonite Cocktail, "Kanga" BLF, “Deuce,” with handler Danny Farmer. They came to the line Monday morning at 9:22 am and the test was concluded at 9:28 am. 

93 dogs were sent from the line Sunday and Monday in this series, taking approximately 12 hours and 51 minutes in total, with the average running time to be about 5 minutes per dog. 

Callbacks are next, and then we are on to the 4th Series!

 

Mark Atwater of UpClose Photo takes a much-deserved break