National Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Retriever Championship Blog

Sunday, November 13, 2022

3rd Series Test Dogs

Test Dogs:

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

First up ...  Joe and Steel came to the line at 6:25 am

F –  Steel made quick work of this flyer.

M – Good line out, swam through the piece of pond, got out and worked the shoreline, got back into the water and over to his bird.

LL – Caught a little piece of the water, made a quick pass behind the gunners and came up with the bird.



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

Next was Mark and Gretta came to the line at 6:31 am

F –  Scooped up her flyer!

M – Wide line going into the water. Squared across and got out. Short shoreline hunt and then back into the water, she worked over to the island and got the bird.

LL – Through a Small piece of water and to the fall area – stayed in the area and worked her way to find the bird.
 

This test should take the dogs approximately 6 minutes to complete.