Saturday September 20, 2014

 

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What a difference a day makes. This morning the temperature is 4C to begin with a 6kmh SW wind. The wind has been reduced to a breeze still coming across the test from right to left but slightly angled in. Murray Murphy ran Abby as test dog again this morning. When abby ran as test dog yesterday she ran the test as a triple. Today, Abby had an excellent go bird, had a hunt around the gun station of the right hand mark, and for the centre left retired gun, missed the bird by a few feet on the downwind side and kept going way deep towards a white roof top in the distance that is more prominent this morning with the lighting change. Abby was handled in to pick up the centre left retired. When sent for the centre right retired, Abby went tight to the right hand gun station, under the arc and drove through to the centre right bird. Dog 51 started today.

 

Once again Purina is generously hosting breakfast for the contestants and workers. A hot breakfast is welcome on a chilly morning like today. Thank you Purina for your continued support to ensuring the success of our Nationals

 

 

At 11:30 the temperature has risen to 16C and the wind has died down to 8 kmh SE. What breeze there is has switched to across the test from left to right.Although the conditions have changed the judges continue to get lots of answers this morning.

 

 

Callbacks: 19 dogs were called back to the 9th series. Dogs called back: 5, 12, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33, 39, 51, 52, 53, 55, 59, 62, 63, 66, 75. Dogs not called back: 1, 11, 15, 19, 22, 35, 40, 41, 45, 47, 57, 68, 70. Dog 39 will start the the 9th series which will be a water blind. The judges have announced that the 10th series will be run tomorrow.

 

Updated: 5:05 pm

 

Test 9 is a water blind with a sluice gun The line to the blind is over a dike, past a scented point, then over a second scented point, angle across the pond to the end of a point of cattails. The bird is on a float board. The bird planter is visible in white up on a hill to the left and deep on the blind. Distance to the bird planter is 225 yards and distance to the blind is 215 yards. Two gunners sit on the first point at 95 yards and sluice the water in front of the point. The wind is angling into the test from right to left. Dogs that square across the pond from the point will need to cast into the wind to stay on line.

 

Murray Murphy ran the first test dog, Abby. She needed a few whistles to get into the water, but stayed in control until she squared across the pond and got into romping water. There she had lots of whislte refusals, diappeared into the cattails early and ran the shore out of sight to the blind. Next up was Marg Murray with Nick. Nick decided it was hunting season and Marg had a hard time convincing him otherwise. A 3rd test dog, Roy, handled by Field Trial Chair, Dan Danforth, ran the blind and succesfully negotiated the hazards with a number of whistles but got the job done. Unfortunately, all of the test dogs could touch bottom for most of the blind. These pond levels are controlled and from the time the setup tests were run until today, the water level has dropped significantly. The first running dog, #39 was called to line at 3:38 pm.

 

 

 

Finalists called back to the 1oth series. 5, 12, 18, 21, 25, 28, 33, 39, 51, 52, 53, 55, 59, 62, Dogs not called back 30, 32, 63, 66, 75. Dog 55 will start the 10th series which is planned to be a water quad.