Friday, June 20, 2025
7th Series Recap
Thursday, June 19 – Friday, June 20, 2025
7th Series – Water Triple with 2 Retired
49 Dogs Started this Series
Test Dogs kicked off the 7th series on Thursday morning at 10:26 am, beginning with "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley and then "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress. And Friday morning we had a single test dog to give a fresh look at the test before we finished up this series.
Here is how things turned out for the 7th Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (2): 38 – 94
Handles (21): 19 – 20 – 27 – 29 – 30 – 33 – 37 – 38 – 39 – 52 – 53 – 57 – 61 – 65 – 70 – 71 – 76 – 80 – 83 – 98 – 105
Double Handles (5): 6 – 32 – 58 – 104 – 106
Our last running dog for this Series was a Re-Run for dog #38 FOGGY BOTTOMS I CANT RIDE HIM IN HERE, “Bones,” with handler Adam Coleman They completed the test at 9:16 am.
7th Series Test Complete
Test Ended. Series 7 was completed and in the books at 9:16 am.
Re-Run 38. FOGGY BOTTOMS I CANT RIDE HIM IN HERE, “Bones,” BLM, Adam Coleman
Bones and Adam came back to the line at 9:08 am for their Re-Run
Flyer – Good line out to the fall area and got his bird!
LR – Good line to the cattails and he got it!
Island – Line was towards the flyer guns - he was handled to the island and the bird (Note: he is being scored on this mark form his previous run where he completed the Island bird with no handle)
25. FC-AFC BAYOU TECHE EXPRESS, “Ryan,” BLF, Lauren Hays
Ryan and Lauren came to the line at 8:58 am
Flyer – Out into the pond - out over the peninsula and back into the pond - swam to shore and ran to the top of the levee and turned right - ran down the levee - headed down and scooped up her bird
Island – Out across the hill side and into the pond right of the point with the blind - up and onto the point and then back into the water and up onto the island with the bird - she got it
LR –Beautiful entry into the cattail pond - took a left line straight to her bird
24. FC-AFC RAZOR’S BUCKSHOT, “Shooter,” BLM, Larry Vaske
Shooter and Larry came to the line at 8:48 am
Flyer – Down the hill to the pond -swam to the right side of the bend in the peninsula - drove up the peninsula straight to his bird
LR –Angled across the hillside to the pond with the cattails - into the pond and straight to the bird in the front left of the cattails
Island – Perfect line down the hill - into the pond and straight to the holding blind - up on the point - back in the water to the island and the bird
Handle 20. AFC RIDGECREST’S JUST FOR A LARK, “Whimsy,” BLF, Betsy Broyd
Whimsy and Betsy came to the line at 8:39 am
Flyer – Straight to the fall area and to her bird
LR – Line was left on the land - curved into the shore and she swam to the cattails - came out and was back on land - then into the water again and she got it
Island – Line was straight to the island and up the path but she kept going to the land - handled quickly back to the island and she got the bird
Handle 19. FC-AFC A RIVERS BREEZE BRINGS US FAITH, “Faith,” BLF, Wayne Carey
Faith and Wayne came to the line at 8:28 am
Flyer – Line under the arc - went to the top of the hill - down and right to the bird
LR – Good line to the cattails and was gone briefly to get her bird and she was back out again!
Island – Line was to the edge of the blind point - but she kept going to the land and was immediately handled with a whistle to bring her back to the island with just 1 whistle.
UpClose Photos from the 7th Series
A few photos from our Official Photographer Mark Atwater - UpClose Photo from the 7th Series!
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| Judges Rich Pingatore, Dave Morrison and Richard Dresser (L to R) |
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| #104 "Hope" |
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| L to R: Rich Pingatore, Dave Morrison, Richard Dresser and Chris Brandl |
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| Wayne Curtis and Glen Curtis |
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| Sketching the Test |
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| Gunners at work |
Pick-up 18. FC-AFC HRK LEXINGTON, “Lexi,” BLF, Kathy Fregelette
Lexi and Kathy came to the line at 8:16 am
Flyer – Swam the pond - out over the peninsula - back into the pond to the shore - to the top of the levee, close to the guns - ran top and to the right - came down to get her bird
LR – Angled across the field to the corner - hunted the levee, bales and shore line - got deep down the shore and then came back again - on top of the levee - she covered all the ground area before entering the water - and then back out again -very extended hunt before going back into the pond and locating her bird
Island – Got in wide right of the line - swam to the peninsula o the way to the flyer area - back into the pond and back in front of the flyer guns - hunted the levee - handler started to handle - but the guns came out to help the dog - dog was picked up
16. FC-AFC BIG RIVER CHARLIE II, “Charlie,” BLM, Jim Rickoff
Charlie and Jim came to the line at 8:08 am
Flyer – Out on to the peninsula - after swimming across the water he got out on a line right of the bird - drove the levee and he got it!
Island – Ran across the hill to the peninsula - rand to the end and out to the island and straight for his bird!
LR – Out across the field - entered the pond by the cattails - swam straight to the bird - Nice job!
9. FC-AFC SEASIDE’S MOGAN DAVID, “Mogan,” BLM, Rodger Williams
Morgan and Rodger came to the line at 7:58 am
Flyer – Straight to the bird!
Island – Straight to the island and his bird!
LR – Straight to the cattails and the bird (had to say his name twice to send) Great job!
Double Handle 6. AFC YOOPER’S BLACK ICE, “Ice,” BLM, William Tidd
Ice and William came to the line at 7:46 am
Flyer – Good line to the fall area, a few loops on the hill around the bird and he got it
Island – Lined into the cattails wide right of the LR fall - drove through and on land was immediately handled back into the water and to the island bird
LR – Good line into the cattails but kept going and drove through to the land - immediately handled again - required many whistles to get back to the cattails and finally get his bird
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
1. NAFC-FC BAYOU-STAR FLEURTY GIRL, “Fleurt,” BLF, Mark Menzies
Fleurt and Mark came to the line at 7:25 pm
Flyer – Landed high on the levee - she swam to the peninsula - over and back - climbed the hill - straight to the fall area and her bird
LR –Spent extra time on the line to get it right - down the hill on a perfect angle - she entered the pond and drove through the cattails and straight to her bird
Island – Over the point - swam to the island on the right side - stayed on the island for a beautiful mark!
7th Series Test Dog - Day 2
Owner: Tom Hawley
Handler: Tom Hawley
Our single test dog up this morning was Morgan with handler Tom Hawley .... Morgan came to the line at 7:02 am
Good Morning – Day 7
Good Morning and welcome back for the 7th day of the 2025 National Amateur Retriever Championship 🎉
I hope everyone is feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning as we resume testing here at the 7th series! We are of course back at John and Laura Parrot's Lucy Too Property again. A single test dog has just run and we will be off to the running order to complete this test momentarily (starting with Dog #1)
This morning we have partly cloudy skies, with a 12 mph wind and temps currently at 68 degrees. Today has an expected high around 83 degrees this afternoon. Some rain or even a thunderstorm is possible this afternoon, but we will keep you posted as the day goes on. So stay tuned as we prepare to resume this 7th Series!
We only have 8 dogs left to run in this series to complete the 7th! Then we will be on to the 8th!
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Good Luck to all the teams running today!
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| This morning at the 7th Series site |
Thursday, June 19, 2025
** END OF DAY **
Testing Ended for the Day at 7:18 pm (CT)
We will resume the 7th Series tomorrow (Friday) morning
Have a great night everyone!
Re-Run 94. AFC YOU STOLE MY HEART MAGGIE MAE, “Maggie,” BLF, Mark Medford
Maggie and Mark came to the line at 7:08 pm
Flyer – A short hunt with a loop high and then low to find her bird
LR – Swam between the cattails and the peninsula - turned to the cattails and came out with her bird shortly!
Island – Good line to the island and right back in with her bird for a good job!
Double Handle 106. FC-AFC OCTOBER SKY’S SWEET BABY BEAUREGARD, “Beau,” YLM, Chad Worsell
Beau and Chad came to the line at 6:50 pm
Flyer – Into the pond - over the point to the far shore - up the hill and drilled it!
Island – Swam straight to the island and went over it - had to handle back to it
LR – Good line into the water - a little deep and no wind - drove all the way through - had to handle back to this one too
