Callbacks to the Eighth Series

Callbacks to the Eighth Series: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 65, 68, 69, 71, 75, 76, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 94, 96, 97 and 98.

The Dogs dropped are: 1, 16, 20, 21, 33, 36, 50, 64, 66, 73, 85, 90 and 91.

There are 42 back.

The starting dog is 38.

The Test Dogs are at 6:30 am and the first running dog is at 7:00 am …

See you in the morning!

End Of The Day

We concluded the day with the completion of Series 6 & 7.

Callbacks will be post at the headquarters - The Inn & The Lodge - later tonight.

We will begin Series 8 in the morning.

21. FC-AFC Nightwinds Desert Deacon MH "Mel", LM, Alan Madsen

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 1 to get in the pond, 3 in the water, 1 to hit the cover, pop-ed gave verbal to drive the cover, several to finish.

20. FC Truluck's Green Timber Mystique "Teek", LM, Danny Farmer

LB: 1 whistle

WB: initial line carried to the middle of the pond, 2 to get past the tree, 1 to hit the cover, 2 to clear the cover, 1 on the hill carried to the bird. Nice job!

19. FC-AFC Bayou Teche Eye On The Ball "Slider", LM, Lauren Hays

LB: 2 whistles

WB: initial line carried to the tree, past PB thru the cover, 1 on the hill carried to the bird. Spectacular!

18. Lock Five's Got Her Blue Genes On "Baby", LF, Ray Voigt

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 2 in the water, 1 to hit the cover, 1 to clear cover, 1 on the hill carried to the bird. Great Job!

16. FC Watermark's Power Punch "Buddy", LM, Eric Fangsrud

LB: 1 whistle

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 1 to get thru the water, 1 up the hill carried to the bird. Fantastic!

12. FC-AFC Indi Go Girl "Indy", LF, Chris Ledford

LB: 5 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 on the waters edge carried all the way to the bird. Amazing!

11. FC-AFC Windy City's Mighty Mouse "Mickey", LM, Charlie Hines

LB: 2 whistles

WB: great initial line had 1 whistle past the cover. Fabulous!

10. FC-AFC Drake's Bay Parting Of The Sea "Moses", LM, Wayne Curtis

LB: 2 whistle

WB: initial line carried in the water, past the tree into the cover, 2 whistles to finish. Superb!

Dave Rorem Describes the 6th and 7th

Dave Rorem describes the 6th Series Land Blind and the 7th Series Water Blind.

6. FC-AFC In The Hunt Farm's Executive Sweet "Sweet", LF, Ty Rorem

LB:lined it!

WB: initially lined to the middle of the pond, 1 at the tree, 1 thru the cover, and 2 to finish. Good Job!

5. FC-AFC Keeno's Gizmo "Gizmo", LM, Al Arthur

LB: 2 whistles

WB: initial line carried dog thru the pond, past the PB, thru the cover, 1 on the hill and carried to the bird, a Picture Perfect performance!

4. FC Castile Creeks Kingseeds Rebel Yell "Billy", LM, Danny Farmer

LB: 3 whsitles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 1 on the waters edge, 1 near the tree, 1 to clear poison bird, 1 to clear the cover carried it all the way to the bird. Great job!

Last Test Of The Day

With 13 dogs left to run, it was just announced this will be the last test of the day. The callbacks will be posted in the Headquarters – The Inn - later tonight.

3. FC-AFC Good Idea's Second Wind "Vapor", LF, Ken Neil

LB:  2 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 in the water, 2 to adjust line, 1 to hit cover and carried it all the way to the bird. Nice Job!

1. NAFC-FC Texas Troubador "Tubb", LM, Martha Russell

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 1 up front, 1 near the shore, 1 at the base of the tree, 3 then dog retrieved the Poison Bird.

98. FC-AFC Tweed's Rough Rider "Teddy", LM, Dave Smith

LB: 4 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 1 in the water, 1 near the tree, 3 to hit cover and finish for a job well done.

97. FC-AFC Mercy Mercy Mercy Me "Mercy", LF, John Stracka

LB: 3 whistles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 2 in the water, 1 at the tree, 1 to clear the cover, 1 to finish. Good Job!

96. FC Cajun Country Crystal "Crystal", LF, Ryan Brasseaux

LB: 3 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 1 in the pond, 1 to hit the cover, 2 to finish. Awesome!

Motorcycle Gang! Guessing Game …

Can you guess who these two tough guys are?

94. NAFC-FC Dottie Ray's Ivy League "Ivy", LF, Andy Kahn

LB: 2 whistles

WB:  1 to get in carried past the PB up the hill, then 1 to finish. Fantastic!

91. AFC Freeridin Miss Kitty "Kitty", LF, Kenny Trott

*** the wind has is blowing harder than earlier with blustering gusts at times


LB: 4 whistles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 2 in the water, 1 to get past the tree Dog Retrieved the Poison Bird.

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90. FC-AFC Watermark's BB Standing Ovation "Bravo", LM, Bill Eckett

LB: 4 whistles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 1 near the tree, 3 to get past the cover and 2 to finish.

89. FC-AFC Watermark's The Black Pearl "Freedom", LF, Luann Pleasant

LB: 3 whistles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 3 in the water, 1 to hit the cover, 3 to finish

85. FC-AFC Citori's No Holds Barred "Free", LF, Bill Sargenti

LB: lined it and needed a check down  whistle

WB: lined just past the tree, 1 to hit the cover,2 to climb the hill, 2 to correct the line, faded left and deep needed several come in whistles to get the bird.

84. FC Hyfly'n Turbo Jet "Turbo", LM, Ray Voigt

LB: 3 whistles

WB: initially lined to the far shore, 1 near the tree, 1 just past the tree thru the cover, 2 to finish. Amazing!

83. FC NTK's Rock Me On The Water "Jackson", LM, Chris Ledford

LB: 4 whistles

WB: 6 whistles (*could not see the details)

82. FC-AFC Ruff Rivers Oasis On The Plains "Colby", LF, Clint Avant

LB: 2 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 1 to drive the cover, 1 to finish. Awesome!

81. FC Sweetie's Easy Rider "Ford", LM, Jim Gonia

LB: 2 whistles

WB: initially lined thru the pond near the cover, 1 to hit the cover, 5 to finish. Nice job!

78. AFC Leica Sabertooth "Tiger", LM, Dave Rorem

LB: 4 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 1 in the water, 1 to hit the cover, 2 to finish. Great job!

76. FC-AFC Lanes Lets Get Ready To Rumble "Ali", LM, Ryan Brasseaux

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 in the water, 1 near the far shore, 1 to hit the cover, 4 to finish. Good job!

75. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice "Juice", LM, Mark Medford

LB: 4 whistles

WB: initial line carried to the middle of the pond, 1 near the far shore, 1 at the end of the cover to carry all the way to the bird for a Fantastic job!

Gun Change

The contestants get to view the line to articulate a strategy before they walk to the line.


Zoooom........ into the field they go!

71. FC Hardscrabble's Seaside Shutterbug "Bug", LF, Al Arthur

LB: 1 whistle

WB: lined into the middle of the pond, 1 near the far shore, 1 just past the tree, hit the cover and 4 to finish.

73. FC-AFC Midnight Shooter III "Shooter", LM, Pat Nicholls

LB: 2 whistle

WB: good initial line to the far shore, 2 to clear the PB and carried it all the way to the bird for a Marvelous job!

69. NFC Trumarc's Dot Come "Dottie", LF, Danny Farmer

LB: 2 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 1 near the far shore and 2 to finish. Magnificent!

68. NAFC-FC Hardscrabble Roxie

WB: 3 whistles

LB: 1 to get in, 1 near the far shore, 1 to get thru the cover, 2 to finish. Amazing!

66. FC-AFC Fenway's Triple Crown "Yaz", LM, Steve O'Connell

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 in the cover, 1 near the end for a Picture perfect blind!

65. FC Delpond's Aunt Jemima "Jemma", LF, Alan Pleasant

LB: 4 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 in the pond, 1 to get thru the cover, 2 to finish. Fantastic!

64. FC Manny B Manny "Manny", LM, Jerry Patopea

LB: 4 whistles

WB: 2 to get in, 1 at the far shore, 2 thru the cover, carried all the way to the bird. Spectacular!

57. FC Maple Creek's Spirit Warrior "Levi", LM, Wayne Curtis

LB: 2 whistles

WB: initial carried near PB, 1 to drive the cover, 2 to finish, Fantastic!

55. FC Rock River Benjamin "Ben", LM, Bill Eckett

LB: 2 whistles

WB: great initial line, 1 to get past the PB, 1 near the cover, 2 to finish. Awesome!

53. FC-CFC-CAFC Jazztime Cut To The Chase "Chase", LM, Steve Yozamp

LB: 2 whistles

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 1 near the tree, 1 to clear the tree, 1 to get past PB, 1 to hit cover and 2 to finsih, Nice Job!

52. FC-AFC Good Idea's Outta Sight "Stevie", LM, Ken Neil

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 1 in the water, 2 near the far shore, 1 verbal to pass the PB and 1 to finish. Amazing!

51. FC Shooter's Super Chief "Buddy", LM, Alan Pleasant

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 1 to get in 2 in the water, 1 verbal to drive past the PB, 1 to hit the cover and carried it all the way to the bird for a Spectacular job!

50. FC Bluegoose's Morning Mist "Rainey", LF, Ray Voigt

LB: 4 whisltes

WB: lined to the middle of the pond, 1 to get by the PB, but the dog retrieved the PB

47. Creek Robbers Black Powder Mag "Maggie", LF, John Henninger

LB: lined it and needed one check up whistle

WB: 1 to get in, 1 at the far shore, drove the cover and 2 to finish. Fantastic!

44. FC-AFC Dottie Ray's League Of Her Own "Dottie", LF, Andy Kahn

LB:4 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 1 in the water, 1 in the cover, 1 to finish, Nice Job!

45. FC-AFC Parriette's Abby Gale "Abby", LF, David Zalunardo

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 1 to get in, 3 in the water, 1 to get past the PB, 1 to hit cover, 2 to finish. Great Job!

41. FC Low Tides Pounder "LB", LM, Al Arthur

LB:3 whistles

WB: lined into the pond, 2 at the far shore, 1 to get the cover and clear PB and carried it all the way to the bird. Magnificent!

40. FC-AFC-CNFC-CNAFC Nightwings Marsh Leader "Guide", LM, Bill Sargenti

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 2 to get in 1 in the water, 1 verbal to get the cover, 3 to finish. Marvelous!

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Let me introduce Miss Holly Bunny! (And Mom, too!) …

38. FC RMR Ebonstars Magic SH "Emmy", LF, Clint Avant

LB: 4 whistles

WB: 2 up front, 1 to get the cover, 1 verbal near mound and got the bird. Awesome!

37. NFC-AFC Robbers' Stray Bullet "Bullet", LM, Alan Pleasant

LB: 5 whistles

WB: 1 to get in , 2 in the pond, lined thru the cover and 1 to finish. Amazing!

36. FC Trumarc's Gratuity "Tippy", LF, Danny Farmer

LB: 1 whistle right to catch the pond and 1 to stop at the bird

WB: 1st cast was a left getting in, 1 right, then 1 left for direction; several more with handles moving wide left of the line

33. FC-AFC Patton's Natural Born World Shaker "Luke", LM, Kathy Folsom

LB: 3 whistles

WB: 6 in the water, 2 away from the PB, 2 to get back on line and finish. Good Job!

31. FC-AFC Bay Blue's All American Girl "Libby", LF, John Russell

LB: 3 whistles

WB: lined into the water, 1 just deep of the tree before the PB, 1 to hit the cover after the dog tumbled, 3 to finish. Fantastic!

29. Lane's Thrilla N Manilla "Frazier", LM, Ryan Brasseaux

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 1 to get in,2 in the water,1 to hit the cover, and 2 to finish. Excellent!

28. FC-AFC Tru's Little Cruiser "Cruise", LM, John Henninger

LB: 6 whistles and hit cover

WB: 1 to get in, 1 near the base of the tree before the PB, 1 to hit cover, 3 to finish. Great Job!

26. FC Midway Twin City Limits "Leo", LM, Tim Milligan

LB: 2 whistles

WB: 2 to get in the pond, 2 to exit the pond in the correct area, hit the cover and 4 to finish for a job well done!

22. FC 3 R's Carbon Calie "Calie", LF, Bill Eckett

LB: straight thru the cover and got the bird. 4 whistles

WB: one in the water, 1 just deep of the trees before the PB, 2 to navigate terrain and got the bird. Good job!

Test Dog To The Line

Test Dog 1:  Kirk & Otis

LB: nice job, got the corner of the pond (1 min to complete)

WB: into the water thru the key hole, cut the edge of the heavy cover where the PB lands, up to the bird. (3 mins)

Test Dog 2: Larry & Maui

LB: good job.  (1 min)

WB: into the water, left of the scrub brush, right of the mound to the bird. (3.5 mins)

Raelene Phelps and Chris Hudson say "What's in it for me?"   :-)

Series 6 & 7 Poison Bird Water & Land Blind

Series 6 Poison Bird Water Blind & Land Blind brings us back to the area where we ran the Series 4 Land/Water Marks. The mat is facing Southeast and just left of where the mat for Series 4 was.The wind is steady out of the North, Northwest at times, 11 mph. This wind will be blowing scent off of the poison bird toward the correct line to the water blind. The sun is bright and the temperature is perfect at 54'F. We are looking out over the pond of the Series 4 Land/Water Marks. Positioned is the field deep of the pond and under the arc of the series 4 middle retired mark is a poison bird gun station.  The Handler is instructed to come to the line and once they command the dog to "Sit" the judge calls for the poison bird to be thrown and the test begins. The poison bird is Rooster pheasant thrown to the right hard angle back and lands in heavy cover. The land blind cuts the left corner of the pond thru a wall of cover up on the bank to retrieve a hen mallard. This blind is measuring at a 100 yds. The next blind to be performed is the water blind, the true line to the water blind is tight and right of the fall area of the poison bird. This water blind is deep in the field up the hillside measuring at 400 yds. and is situated right of the poison bird station measuring 400 yds. This test is taking about a minute for the short land blind and from 3-4 minutes for the long blind.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

Short Land Blind … 100 yards

Long Water Blind … 400 yards with rooster poison bird

Callbacks To The 6th Series

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 94, 96, 97 and 98.

# Called Back: 55 Dogs

16 Dogs Dropped: 8, 14, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 43, 48, 49, 59, 67, 70, 80, 86, 88

Dog #22 Will Start the 6th Series...

The Callbacks will be posted at The Inn and The Lodge at the Rolling Hills Casino …

Good Luck Everyone!

Re-Run / Pick Up 80. FC Landover's Joy "Joy", LF, Dave Ward

HF: nice mark

RF: ran a path wide left of the island exited made one loop turn to the left made it to the area and retrieved the bird

MR: under the arc deep and right of the area headed toward the HF attempted to handle and then was Picked Up

84. FC Hyfly'n Turbo Jet "Turbo", LM, Ray Voigt

HF: stepped on it

MR:made one loop and a scoop of the bird

RF: ran a path at the holding blind turned to the left and stomped on his bird! Excellent!

83. FC NTK's Rock Me On The Water "Jackson", LM, Chris Ledford

HF:good mark

MR: hammered it

RF: made a pass in the area and retrieved the bird. Amazing!

82. FC-AFC Ruff Rivers Oasis On The Plains "Colby", LF, Clint Avant

HF: pinned it

MR: made two passes along the far bank, behind the island, into the cover to retrieve the bird.

RF: ran a path at the holding blind, got left and deep of the fall turned around toward the area and then got the bird. Nice Job!

81. FC Sweetie's Easy Rider "Ford", LM, Jim Gonia

*Primary selected the rooster flyer

HF: went into the mark just left of the area and got it quick

MR: jumped into the cover and snatched up his bird.

RF: took wide left side of the pond, angled toward the holding blind, got deep and left and worked rapidly over to the area to retrieve the bird.

Re-Run 73. FC-AFC Midnight Shooter III "Shooter", LM, Pat Nicholls

HF: Nailed it!

MR: straight to the cover on the island made one pass to retrieve the bird.

RF: traveled a path wide left of the area est a significant hunt back and fourth deep of the area before retrieving the bird.

No-Bird 80. FC Landover's Joy "Joy", LF, Dave Ward

No bird rooster flyer

78. AFC Leica Sabertooth "Tiger", LM, Dave Rorem

HF: nailed it

MR: under the arc to the bank over to the island to snatch up the bird.

RF:Hammer it! Awesome!

Re Run 69. NFC Trumarc's Dot Come "Dottie", LF, Danny Farmer

HF: Smacked it

MR: under the arc got deep of the island staying in the basin to get the bird clean

RF: (long flyer) got left of the area turn right and deep then over to the left to scoop up the bird. Good Job!

76. FC-AFC Lanes Lets Get Ready To Rumble "Ali", LM, Ryan Brasseaux

HF: made a couple circles in the area to retrieve the bird

MR: straight to the bird!

RF: Front footed it! Spectacular!

75. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice "Juice", LM, Mark Medford

HF: drilled it

MR: ran toward the right side of the holding blind checked out the decoys made a quick move toward the island and retrieved the bird

RF: put his nose on it! Fantastic!

Puppy STAND-OFF!

Look at cute "Stormy" and "Dash" and guess who the instigator is!

"Stormy" and "Dash"

Re-Run 66. FC-AFC Fenway's Triple Crown "Yaz", LM, Steve O'Connell

HF: Stepped on it

MR: into the pond under the arc turned to the left jumped into the cover and snatched up the bird.

RF: ran at the holding blind, turned left got deep est a hunt and worked toward the area to retrieve the bird for a job well done.

No-Bird 73. FC-AFC Midnight Shooter III "Shooter", LM, Pat Nicholls

no bird rooster flyer

Trivia Question #4 Answer

Trivia 4

Q: What is the name of the retriever who has earned the most career points in the history of the AKC retriever field trial sport?

GOOD LUCK!!

CONGRATULATIONS to "CAdams" who was the first to answer correctly this morning. LOTS of you knew the answer – good job to the history buffs!

Please email Tina Styan at the News with your full contact information: tstyan@theretrievernews.com

The answer is NAFC-FC-CNFC River Oaks Corky with 505.5 Lifetime Points! (DOB 3/26/66 Owned By: Mike Flannery)

See the Retrievers Of the Past link below for his story…

http://www.theretrievernews.com/uploads/5/0/1/0/50103541/river_oaks_corky.pdf

Handle 71. FC Hardscrabble's Seaside Shutterbug "Bug", LF, Al Arthur

HF: good mark

RF: took a path left of the fall of the MR, took the left side of the island, reached the far bank, to a left straight to the area put up a small area hunt to retrieve the bird.

MR: went in under the arc got to the far bank and kept driving she was then Handled to the bird

70. AFC Wight's Goddess Of Victory MH "Nike", LF, Tracy Wight

HF: scooped it up clean

MR: went just under the arc over to the island to retrieve her bird.

RF: took left edge of the pond hunted deep and left of the area then worked intelligently over to the area to retrieve the bird. Nice Job!

No-Bird 69. NFC Trumarc's Dot Come "Dottie", LF, Danny Farmer

No-Bird on the Hen Flyer

68. NAFC-FC Hardscrabble Roxie McBunn "Roxie", LF, Ray Voigt

HF: Nailed it

MR: got right of the holding blind, crossed over to the island, stayed in the area and got the bird.

RF: went just right of the holding blind hunted near it then hunted deep before getting to the area to retrieve the bird. Excellent!

Handle 67. FC-AFC Sundog's Maximum Pursuit "Max", LM, John Henninger

HF: straight to the bird

MR: ran just past the fall, turned just before the bank and snatched up the bird.

RF: thru the middle of the pond, drove out into the field, turned turned left of the fall est a large hunt then was Handled to the bird

No-Bird 66. FC-AFC Fenway's Triple Crown "Yaz", LM, Steve O'Connell

No-Bird on the Rooster flyer

65. FC Delpond's Aunt Jemima "Jemma", LF, Alan Pleasant

*** wind is nippy, hitting the handler on right shoulder

HF: Pinned it!

MR: went to the far shore, made a quick move to the island into the cover and got the bird.

RF: got just left of the holding blind hunted near the holding blind, got wide left then deep hunting hard to finally get his bird.

The J A Y – R A Y Team

Thank you to Jay and Raelene Phelps for their help to Retriever News at the National Open and under the tent this week. They have been an invaluable asset to us all week helping us set-up our work space and break it down between tests and at night. They have provided us the use of their ATV and are at the ready anytime we need them …

Thank You, Jay and Raelene!

And another great big thank you to all the other folks who have helped us along the way this week … too many to count, including Joule Charney who has provided the use of a table so we can type the blog!

Day 5 Series 5 Continued

We have caravanned to a new field just stepping off the road to the South to overlooking a doughnut shaped pond with little water in it. This Series is considered a Land Triple with 2 flyers. The wind is gently blowing out of the North at 0 - 4 mph and the current temperature is 48'F. The sun is bright and the mat is facing Southeast positioned on top of a slight mound. The first bird to be shot in this triple is a Rooster pheasant flyer. The station is a swing to the left of the basin up a hill on the backside of the pond. This station is measuring 260 yds and is throw hard angle back up the hill in light to medium cover, the gunners retire near the edge of the basin into a group of trees. This bird will be referred to as the (RF).The next bird to be shot in this triple is a dead Hen pheasant. This station is up the middle of the test in the bowl of the pond position at the base of a gnarly clump of trees. The Hen is thrown to the left across a spit of water and the gunners retire into an invisible blind.  We will refer to this mark as the Middle Retired (MR) it is measuring a 170 yds. The go-bird is a swing to the right of the basin situated on a slight side - hill, it is a Hen pheasant flyer. This flyer is landing in medium cover hard angle back from the gunners just 100 yds off line. It is taking roughly 7 - 9 mins a dog to complete.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

Left hand station behind the trees and middle dead hen pheasant

Right hand flyer station

Left hand Rooster Flyer

6:43 am 

Test Dog 1:  Micheal Moore & Hawkeye

HF: good mark

MR: drove the far bank made a pass to the left then to the right came down to the island and got the bird.

RF: traveled wide left up the hill, est a hunt between the dam and the holding blind deep on the hill then was Handled to the bird.

Scrapbooking

Bill Eckett

Andy Khan

Wayne Curtis

Chris Ledford

David Zalunardo

55.

The moguls

Standing -  Andrew Curtis & Paul Sletten
Sitting - Jane Patopea & Al Arthur

Missy Bell - Marshal & Test Sketch Artist - Complete with not one, but two pencils