National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog


2023 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Thursday, June 22, 2023

7th Series Test Dogs

FC-AFC Duso’s Not Fade Away, “Buddy” GM
Owner: John Robinson, Kalispell, MT
Handler: John Robinson

First Test Dog up this morning was Buddy with handler John Robinson
Buddy and John came to the line at 6:36 am.

F – 3 loops in the area, initial line was under the arc - he got it!

MR – Line was very far left, dog was helped to the bird, guns came out

Island – Line was just right of the island and was handled to this bird

This test took Buddy 11 minutes to complete 



FC-AFC Glenhoma’s Soggy Bottoms Mildred, “Milli” LF
Owners: The Davis Family, Owasso, OK
Handler: Seth Kelly


Next test dog to the line was Milli with handler Seth Kelly .... Milli came to the line at 6:49 am

Flyer – Out into heavy cover, quick hunt and she got her bird

Island – Out to the first point to where the guns stood, hunted the area under the arc thoroughly, then out to the island and her bird.

MR – Across the 1st island, right of the tulles, swam and went over the long point, out to the holding blind and left to the bird.

This test took Milli 10 minutes to complete 




NOTE:  The test order was changed to Island first, Middle Retired second and Flyer last.



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