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8th Series

  


8th Series Test Description
Water Blind
Lucy Too Property

This test sits on the hill just deep and right of the technical pond here at the Lucy Too property again. We are facing WNW and the wind will be hitting the handlers in the back and left shoulder. The mat is placed a few feet behind a small hay bale forcing a decision from the start. 

The line will take the dog just right of a large cedar and then across a small road. From here, the terrain angles down to the left towards the pond. The dog must hold their line and continue tight left of the 2 hay bales placed close together. From there they will move out onto a wide point where they will stay right and be careful not to fall into a cove on their left. 

From the large point, they will enter the pond and start their swim. They will swim past a skinny point that will be on their right. As they pass this point the next obstacle will be a container ring around a group of poles. The dog must pass on the right of this grouping. The bird is planted on the left end of a large peninsula just ahead from here, place approximately 210 yards from the mat.

This test is taking approximately 3-5 minutes per dog.

Dog #54 Starts this Series



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