Handled - Rerun - 49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

Tiger and Dave came to the line for their 2nd rerun at 10:36 am.

Right Flyer - Quick work to bring the bird back in.

Left Flyer - Tiger entered the field under the arc of the flyer. He set up a hunt pattern right of the bird. Expanding his hunt until he was handled to his bird.

Short Retired - Into the cover and back with the bird.

Left Retired - Nice recovery of this bird.

No Bird - Rerun - 49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

Tiger and Dave came to the line for their rerun and received a 2nd no bird. The again will be placed back 5 spots and have a rerun in the 6th spot back. If they receive a 3rd rerun they will be placed at the end.

No Bird - 49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

"Tiger" and Dave came to the line and received a no bird. They will be placed back 5 spots and have a rerun in the 6th spot back.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

"Tiger" and Dave came to the line at 12:17 pm

Blind - Lined through the bales – 1 L and 2 R backs to get in the pond – 1 L in the water – a right verbal back to line up for the point – a R back to get on point – L over came off the point and carried the line through the pond and to the bird.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" 

Blind -3:17 pm - The initial line took Tiger past the brush and down the hill across the flat of the field. Dave Rorem, handler, put on one whistle get Tiger through the slot. Having a loose ending, it took three whistles to get him on his bird.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, handler Dave Rorem
owners Penny Youngblood & Terry Rotschafer

Came to the line at 1:20 pm.

Middle Retired - The handler selected this bird as his first bird, causing the guns to retire while the dog was approaching the area. A couple of loops and Tiger had the bird.

Left Retired - He came into the area behind the guns and started to hunt deep and left. A few passes and he came in with the bird.

Right Retired - A good bird for Tiger.

Flyer - A bit of a hunt in the corn, but he stayed in controlled and came in with the bird.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

Tiger and Dave came to the line at 12:10 pm.

Flyer - Tiger got out to fall area and quickly found his bird.

Middle - Going out right of the bales and down the levee, right of the guns, he went left behind the guns to the fall area and the bird.

Left - Great angle from the mat to the pond. He went wide left then down towards the end. Tiger quickly adjusted to come back for his bird.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

Tiger came to the line at 1:35 pm.

Water - Initial line carried Tiger down the field. One cast to cross the road to the edge of the pond. Another one send him down the shallow side of the water. Multiple whistles to the end.

Land - Initial line took him to the second bale. Two whistles to adjust the line between bales. And one more just past the third bale sending Tiger to the bird.

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, Dave Rorem

49. FC-AFC LEICA SABERTOOTH, "Tiger" LM, 

owners Penny Youngblood & Terry Rotschafer

"Tiger" with handler Dave Rorem came to the line to run their first test of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship at 2:07 pm.

Flyer - Could see the bird flopping from the line - Tiger scooped it up.

Long - He took the road out then he went into the corn field. He checked out the hay bale then worked his way to get his bird.