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2025 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog
Showing posts with label 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2. Show all posts

Friday, June 20, 2025

Pick-up 2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 3:14 pm

F – Beautiful mark!

RR – Straight to the fall area - missed - took 1 loop in the area and then he got it!

MR – Drove out wide right - turned left and then went very very deep and out of the picture - hunted very deep - came back to the general area but had quite an extended hunt - gunners had to come out to help - dog was picked up

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 11:26 am

Initial line to the bales

2 whistles at the bales

1 at the 1st point

5 at the 2nd point - went up on the point

1 at the ring

1 at the bird

10 Total

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 7:36 pm

Flyer – Long flyer high on the levee - swam - over the peninsula - back in - hunted high - took 1 pass low and then another pass high to locate the bird

Island – Swam to the point with the blind - to the end of the point - swam to the island - turned around and came back to the peninsula - then swam to the other island and then back to the main island with his bird

LR – Excellent line down the field - into the pond and swam straight to the bird that was in front of the left corner of the cattails






Wednesday, June 18, 2025

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 5:59 pm

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

Initial line all the way there

1 whistle on the far hill

1  Total

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 7:25 am

LF - Beautiful line - cut the corner of the pond and straight to the unmoved area and his bird

SR - Out to the hay bale - looped to the left bale and right out to the bird

LR - Straight to the area and continued deep  - turned back to the fall area and located his bird

SF - Looking left - headed towards the guns and drove a little deep - realized he was going the wrong way and turned and got his bird on the run!


Tuesday, June 17, 2025

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 7:12 am

Initial whistle and his line brought him down the bank
1 more whistle in the 1st water
2 at the peninsula
2 at the point
5 in the channel - got on the point and reentered the water
2 to get out of the water
1 to get the bird on land

14 Total



Monday, June 16, 2025

Pick-up 3. AFC SASSEVILLE’S DEUCES WILD, “Deuce,” BLM, Randy Spangler

Deuce and Randy came to the line at 8:01 am

F – Made a few circles before locating his bird.

MR – Into the left corner of the pond - ran the bank and got in the cove - out and hunted the front of the mound - through the gap and he got it!

RR – Into the middle pond - veered left - into the cove and ran to the left side of the middle and returned to the old fall - dog was picked up.



2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

Abe and Randi came to the line at 7:54 am

F – Scooped it up on the run!

MR – Stayed high on the left side of the line - over the left corner of the mound and back over the top for a brief hunt in the front right - back through to get his bird.

RR – Into the middle channel - move to the left side - out over the point on the left - re-entered the pond - cut the left corner of the island - ran over the left side of the point - out and straight to the bird - perfect line!



Saturday, June 14, 2025

2. FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE, “Abe,” BLM, Randi Johannis

FC-AFC HIGH ROAD ABE

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Abe and Randi came to the line at 6:08 pm

F – Made a few loops under the arc in the area of the fall and got his bird.

RR – Line was wide right towards the pond - then he headed left and up the hill - came back down and to his bird.

B – 1 whistle before the slot - 1 more after it and a few at the end to the bird.