91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

"Lexi" and Paul came to the line at 10:18 am

Blind – Through the hay bales, into the water and a few whistles in the pool to adjust her line to the point, 6 more on the point. Lexi wants to curl around the backside instead of coming off the point. She slipped around the backside of the point to the bird.

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" 

Blind -Lexi's initial line brought her past the brush. She got her first whistle from handler Paul Sletten in the flat of the field that carried her almost to the slot. Taking only one whistle to move her through the slot her third and final whistle was at her bird.

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

"Lexi" and Paul came to the line at 7:43 am

Flyer – Through the cover just left of the guns, straight to the fall area and the bird.

Middle Retired – Straight to the cover and got her bird.

Left Retired – A little right of cover and deep to the left hand trees, turned quickly back to correct, into cover strip and got her bird.

Right Retired – Down the right side of the field, pulled right up the hill to the tree line, back to the blind, back up the hill and down again, then out to the hay bale and to the bird.

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

Lexi and Paul came to the line at 3:46 pm.

Flyer - Lexie made quick work of bringing back this bird.

Middle - Taking the dam to the middle bird makes her arrive to the area behind the gunners. She adjusts, makes a couple of passes and returns through the water with her bird.

Left - Great line to the bird! She ran deep but recovered to come in with the bird.

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

"Lexi" came to the line at 7:55 am

Water Blind – 1 whistle as she crossed the road, 2nd whistle to get in the water, 3rd near the running water and got on tip of the point, stopped here and the next whistle got her off the point, 1 more whistle in the water to adjust the line, and that carried her to the bird.

Land Blind - Lined out past the 2nd bale, 1st whistle at the 3rd bale, 2 more whistles and on the bird.

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, Paul Sletten

91. FC-AFC-CFC ALEXUS - PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, "Lexi" LF, 

owners Lynn & Robert Kimball

"Lexi" with handler Paul Sletten came to the line to run their first test of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship at 9:08 am.

Flyer - Lexi worked her way to the strip of corn at the right of the field. She came back to get her bird.

Long - Nice line through the cover and straight to her bird.