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Tux and Jack came to the line at 3:38 pm
F – Line brought him under the arc - had a couple loops left and right and slightly behind the fall area - then in to the bird
RR – Drove out half way between the two retired fall areas - took a couple loops far wide of the bird, then ran all the way over to get his bird
MR – His lind brought him in under the arc - took a left and a couple loops back and forth and then to the bird
Charlie and Jim came to the line at 3:31 pm
F – His line brought him directly to the long flyer fall area and he quickly turned and grabbed his bird
RR – Drove out wide left of the fall area - turned left and made 1 loop farther left and then came all the way back to get his bird!
MR – Perfect line to the fall area - but went over it - then shortly came back to the bird and got it!
Mogan and Rodger came to the line at 3:23 pm
F – Stopped short and turned right - several loops up higher and then he found it
RR – Out to the fall area - stopped short - a right turn and then worked his way out to the bird
MR – Out to the bale - and then quickly worked his way back to locate the bird
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
Fleurt and Mark came to the line at 3:07 pm
F – Her line to this bird was under the arc - took one curve to the left and came to the bird and got it
RR – Line out was wide right behind the blind and then over left to the bird
MR – Wide right of the blind - turned left and went all the way to the fall area - turned and took a couple large loops and then returned to the fall area and got the bird
Ollie and John came to the line at 3:00 pm
F – Here line brought her under the arc - had a few loops up and down near the gunners and then over left to the bird
RR – Good line under the arc to the area - one loop in the fall area and she got her bird
MR – The line out to this bird was wide right of the blind - but she turned and went left all the way to the fall area and got her bird
Maggie and Mark came to the line at 2:51 pm
F – Went to the top of the hill after missing the bird - short additional hunt and then she located her bird
RR – Out very wide left - turned back right and ran to the fall area and then her bird
MR – Out to just before the water - turned right and went to the area under the arc and popped - she was handled to this bird
Tux and Jack came to the line at 2:49 pm and had a No-Bird, they will be back after 6
The first test dog to the line was Morgan with handler Tom Hawley .... Morgan came to the line at 2:15 pm
Flyer (F) - Came in under the arc - drove straight to the bird
Right Retired (RR) - Drove deep and was handled back to this bird
Middle Retired (MR) - Started at the near side and ran down to his bird
Flyer (F) - Two loops on the hillside and she scooped up her bird
Right Retired (RR) - Wide left going out - turned in too soon but good recognition - hunted a good size area both left and right before locating her bird
Middle Retired (MR) - Down to the fall area - missed it - went a little too deep - but came back to it - Judges moved this throw so it lands in the 1st pond
We are at the Spangler property for the 9th Series, with the Spangler house in the background. It is 82 degrees and sunny with 8-10 mph winds from the South. The mat is located at the top of a hill looking Northeast down into a large bowl shaped field. This test has a flyer hen pheasant, a dead hen mallard and a dead hen pheasant.
Bird #1 is a hen mallard that is thrown to the left into the water from a hay bale, where the gunners retire to when the dog is sent. This station is located towards the middle of the field. This bird lands approximately 305 yards from the mat. (We will refer to this bird as MR for Middle Retired)
Bird #2 station is located on the far right with a hen pheasant that is thrown angled back to the left landing 190 yards from the mat. These gunners will retire behind a small spruce tree after the dog is sent. (We will refer to this bird as RR for Right Retired)
Bird #3 Is the hen pheasant Flyer station. This gun station located on left side of the field, and the bird is thrown angled back up the hill at about 150 yards from the mat. (We will refer to this bird as F for Flyer)
This test is taking about 7-10 minutes per dog to complete.
Dog #82 Starts this Series
21 dogs were called back: 1, 2, 9, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 38, 52, 54, 61, 62, 70, 76, 77, 82, 94 and 103.
0 dogs scratched:
0 dogs dropped:
9th Series test dogs at 2pm
Dog #82 will start the 9th Series
There will be a Gun Change and Line Viewing after #27
Friday June 20, 2025
8th Series – Water Blind
21 Dogs Started this Series
Test Dogs kicked off the 8th series on Friday morning at 10:22 am, beginning with "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress and then "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley. Handlers got a good look at the test they would be running shortly.
Test Ended. Series 8 was completed and in the books at 12:10 pm.
Sue and Mark came to the line at 12:05 pm
Initial line to the bales
4 whistles at the bales - right of the bales
2 at the 1st point - wide right of the 1st point
3 at the 2nd point - up onto the 2nd point
3 more at the bird
12 Total
Bones and Adam came to the line at 12:01 pm
Initial line to the bales
2 whistles at the bales
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
2 more at the bird
6 Total
Bella and Alvin came to the line at 11:58 am
Initial line to the bales
2 whistles at the bales - went right of the bales
2 at the 1st point
3 more at the bird
7 Total
Betty and Chris came to the line at 11:54 am
Initial line to the 1st point
1 whistle at the 1st point
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
1 more at the bird
4 Total
Trudy and George came to the line at 11:50 am
Initial line to the bales
2 whistles at the bales
2 at the 1st point
1 at the 2nd point
1 more at the bird
6 Total
Wilma and Mark came to the line at 11:46 am
Initial line to the hay bales
1 whistle at the bales - went right of the bales
2 on the 1st point
1 at the ring
and she carried this line to the blind
4 Total
Test #9 will be a Land Triple this afternoon at the Spangler's Property Test Site. It will consist of a hen pheasant flyer, a dead mallard and a dead hen pheasant.
Start time will be 2:00 PM.
Signs are up!
W323 Swiggum Road, Mondovi, WI
Ryan and Lauren came to the line at 11:43 am
Went right of the bales and initial line to the 1st point
1 whistle at the 1st point
1 more at the bird
2 Total
Shooter and Larry came to the line at 11:39 am
Initial line to the bales
3 whistles at the bales - went right of the bales
1 at the 1st point
carried this all the way to the blind
4 Total
Charlie and Jim came to the line at 11:35 am
Initial line to the bales
2 whistles at the bales - went right of the bale
1 at the 1st point - wide right on point 1
3 at the 2nd point - up onto point 2
1 more at the bird
7 Total
Mogan and Rodger came to the line at 11:30 am
Initial line to the bales
3 whistles at the bales
2 at the 1st point
2 at the 2nd point
2 at the ring
carried this line to the bird
9 Total
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
Fleurt and Mark came to the line at 11:22 am
Initial line to the tree
2 whistles at the tree - slightly wide
2 at the bales
1 at the 1st point
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
2 at the bird
9 Total
Ollie and John came to the line at 11:17 am
Initial line to the bales
1st whistle at the bales - off of the 1st point wide - but quick correction
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
1 at the bird
4 Total
Maggie and Mark came to the line at 11:13 am
Initial line to the bales - excellent line
1 whistle at the bales
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the bird
3 Total
Tux and Jack came to the line at 11:10 am
Initial line to the bales - wide right of the bales
1st whistle at the bales
2 more at the 1st point - wide right
2 at the 2nd point - up on point 2
multiple whistles at the ring of poles - wide to the finish
3 more to the bird
Hailee and Steve came to the line at 11:05 am
1st whistle at the tree
1 at the bales
1 at the 1st point
2 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
2 more at the bird
8 Total
Army and Sylvia came to the line at 11:02 am
Initial line to the bales
1 whistle at the bales - wide but took the cast
1 to the 1st point
1 to the 2nd point
2 to the ring
1 more to the bird
6 Total
Katie and Rip came to the line at 10:58 am
Initial line to the bales
1 whistle at the bales
2 at the 1st point
1 at the ring of poles and carried this to the bird
4 Total
Zeke and Bert came to the line at 10:54 am
Initial line to the tree
1 whistle at the tree
1 at the bales - a quick whistle to get left of the bales - nice
1 at the 2nd point
1 at the ring
1 more to the bird
5 Total
Rayna and Annemarie came to the line at 10:51 am
Initial line to the tree right of the bales almost to the 1st point
2 whistles at the 1st point
1 at the 2nd point
1 more at the bird
4 Total
Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 10:48 am
Initial line to the hay bales8th 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
21 dogs were called back: 1, 2, 9, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 38, 52, 54, 61, 62, 70, 76, 77, 82, 94 and 103.
0 dogs scratched:
28 dogs dropped: 6, 18, 19, 20, 30, 32, 37, 39, 43, 47, 53, 56, 57, 58, 64, 65, 71, 73, 74, 80, 83, 84, 93, 98, 99, 104, 105 and 106.
Dog #54 Will Start this Series
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.
Test Ended. Series 7 was completed and in the books at 9:16 am.
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)
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
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
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
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.
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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 |
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
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!
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!
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
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
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!
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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| This morning at the 7th Series site |
Testing Ended for the Day at 7:18 pm (CT)
We will resume the 7th Series tomorrow (Friday) morning
Have a great night everyone!
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!
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
Jagger and Jeff came to the line at 6:38 pm
Flyer – Smack!
LR – went to the corner for a big hunt - moved into the pond but did not find it - got out heading in - turned back and for his bird and got it!
Island – Down into the pond on an excellent line - straight to the island - but he ran through and had to handle back to it.
Hope and Shane came to the line at 6:23 pm
Flyer – Line under the arc - quick left and right and she was to the bird
LR – Wide left on land - ran on land up the levee - was quickly handled to the water and to the bird
Island – Swam between the cattails and the island and kept going to land - was quickly handled - and she came back in with a bumper
| Watching his retiring dog retrieve her last flyer in competition |
Ollie and John came to the line at 6:12 pm
Flyer – Out under the arc and straight to her long flyer
LR – Wide left line and she hunted back and forth on land - a lengthy hunt on land and then into water and she located her bird
Island – Good line to the island - a couple loops on the island to find her bird - got it!
Smarty and Derek came to the line at 5:56 pm
Flyer – Came in at the guns - had a short hunt and got it
LR – Over the point and back into the cattail pond - all the way to the far side - had to handle back to his bird - but he could not come up with it - dog was picked up