Gun Change - 9th Series - Review

Our gun change for the 9th Series happened after dog #92 completed his test.

We started the 9th Series - Water Triple at Teal Pond around 2:00 pm with dog #48 "Max". 7 dogs have completed their test in 70 minutes, which is averaging to be 10 minutes per dog to complete this water triple. We have 9 more dogs to go, about 1.5 hours before we finish this series. Lets hope the day light lasts long enough so we can complete this series today.

So far all of the dogs have completed this test with no handles, pick ups or no birds!

Lets see what the rest of these talented Labradors can do on this test.

"Phillie" our test dog/bye dog

Gun Change - 8th Series - Review

Our gun change for the 8th series came after dog #49 received a no bird.

This morning started with the first test dog coming to the line at 6:45 am and the first running dog #8 to the line at 7:30 am.

This Land Quad is a big test. We had 11 dogs come to the line and here is review of what has been happening in this 8th Series....

No Birds: 19 - 25 - 30 - 45 - 49
Reruns: 19 - 25 - 30
Pick Up: 8 - 30

This test is taking approximately 10.5 minutes per dog.

Our weather right now is a sunny 41 degrees with a WSW wind at 6 mph. The high is looking to be 50 degrees and this is predicted to hit about 12:00 pm.

Gun Change - Update

Our first gun change of the day in the 5th Series (day 2) happened at 9:24 am. Dog #3 just finished her run. We will be starting back up with dog #5 "Babe" with handler Danny Farmer.

Test Dog "Phillie" with handler Erin O'Brien came to the line as the bye dog.

Gun Change - Update

Our first gun change of the 5th Series happened at 2:33 pm. Dog #51 just finished his rerun. We will be starting back up with dog #62 Henry with handler Danny Farmer.

"Phillie" with handler Erin O'Brien was our bye dog.

We started Series Five about Noon today with dog # 34. We had 16 dogs complete this series in about 2.5 hours. The test is taking between 9 - 10 minutes per dog to complete. With 45 more dogs to compete this test, it will be another split test.

Here is what has been happening out in the field...

Handle: 35 - 41
Double Handle: 36 - 61
Pick Up: 46
No Bird / Rerun: 47 - 51

Let see what the rest of the day will bring for our next batch of dogs.

2nd Gun Change - 4th Series - Updates

Since our last gun change another happen dog # 66 completed its 4th series.

The temps keep dropping and rain is in the air.

Since our last gun change here is a review of what has happened.

18 dogs have come to the line.

Handled: 47 - 56 - 60
Pick Up: 53
No Bird: 61 (this dog has not had it's rerun yet.)

4th Series - Gun Change - Update

Our first gun change of the 4th Series - Water Triple happened at 11:34 am.

Our first running dog #7 came to the line at 7:04 am. We have about 3.5 hours and 31 dogs have completed this 4th series.

Here is what has been going on....

Handles: 10 - 13 - 26 - 30 - 37 - 43
Pick Up: 9 -20 -22 - 31 - 39
Broke: 17
Recall / Field Issue: 26
No Bird: 8(2x) - 14 - 19
Rerun: 8(2x) - 14 - 19 - 26

Here is a quick look at what the afternoon weather is going to be.

Gun Change - 2nd & 3rd Series

Another gun change happened at 2:08. We are getting through this series 2 and 3 in good fashion.

2nd & 3rd Series - Gun Change - Weather

The second gun change for the 2nd & 3rd Series - Land / Water Blind happened at 12:27 pm.

Here is look at our current weather here in Paducah, Kentucky.

Series 2 & 3 - Gun Change - Conditions

We had our first gun change at 8:56 am.

Occasionally the sun is breaking through the clouds. It is a balmy 34 degrees with the wind coming out of the southeast between 5 & 6 mph.

Final Gun Change - Conditions - Updates

The final gun change of the day came at 1:07 pm.

The temps have increased to 36 degrees with the winds still coming out of the north. 

Shadows on the left gun station are now coming off the trees. These shadows appears to be pushing the dogs away from the mark.

23 dogs have completed this series since our last gun change. We have had three more "no birds" coming to dog #23, #35 & #36, which all still have to complete their rerun.

The dogs are still completing this test in about 4 minutes. With 21 left to run, it is looking like we have just under 2 hours left before we can put Test 1 - Double with Two Roosters, one being a Flyer in the books of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship.

3rd Gun Change - 1st Series - Updates

This gun change came after dog #16 completed its 1st series. Another 21 dogs have completed their first series of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship in Paducah, KY. In this last bunch of dogs to compete, we had two more no birds being with dog #101 and #10.

The defending champion NFC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice had a "Farewell Performance" and received a standing ovation as he came off the line.

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Gun Change - Updates

Our second gun change of the 1st series happened at 9:50 am.

Since our last change at dog #78, we had one no bird with #79 who had a rerun in the 6th spot back. Dog #94 handle.

With just under three hours of competition in the books 30 dogs have completed the first test.

Here is look of what the weather will be this afternoon.

Conditions - Gun Change - 1st Series

At 8:20 am we had our first gun change.

The temps are marginally better at 26 degrees but the sun is bright in the cloudless sky. The shadows on the left hand bird that once encompassed the field have dissipated to narrow strips and will soon leave completely. The wind, still out of the north, has picked up to a steady 12 mph.