8TH SERIES – BEHIND THE LINE SCRAPBOOK – PART II

These handlers are smart to stay warm in the Judges tent … Mike Taylor, Bill Fruehling and John Henninger

Gunners Curt Showalter and Tom Vaughn

"My Main Man," Doug Main and Mary Dahlberg

Gwen Pleasant and Scott Harp

A frosty gallery

Me and my shadow…

Cousin IT

"Here's JOHNNY!" – er, David Colwell

In The Books - 8th Series - Review

The 8th Series - Land Quad is officially in the books at 11:40 am.

At 7:30 this morning dog #8 started this series off with dog # 3 being the last dog to run.


This test took just a bit over 4 hours get all 24 dogs to complete this series. It took about 10 minutes per dog.

This test finished up in good fashion with the last no bird coming with dog #81. 


Here is an over view of what all happened in this test....

No Bird / Rerun: 19 - 25 - 30 - 45 - 49(2x) - 55 - 72 - 81
Handle: 49 - 78 - 82
Pick Up: 8 - 30

The callbacks will be announced at the Series 8 test site. We will be posting them as soon as we get them!

The good news is the sun is finally shining in Kentucky today!! 

3. FC-AFC DOTTIE MCFIZZ, "Dot" LF, Ray Voigt

"Dot" and Ray came to the line at 11:31 am.

Right Flyer - Good Bird.

Short Retired - Lined out to the area between the retired guns. Took a hard left passed and through the timbers by the short retired then into the bird.

Left Flyer - To the area, a quick pass and to pick up her bird.

Long Retired - Out to the area back with the bird.

106. NAFC-FC MULLIGAN OFF THE RAINY “T”, “Mully” LM, Wayne Curtis

"Mully" and Wayne came to the line at 11:26 am.

Right Flyer - Nice!

Short Retired - Nice line to the bird.

Left Flyer - Mully went down the field and through the cover to go straight to his bird.

Long Retired - Excellent!

104. FC GLADE CREEK’S LONESTAR DREAMCATCHER, “Cheyenne” LF, Tim Milligan

"Cheyenne" and Tim came to the line for their 8th series.

Right Flyer - Got the bird.

Left Flyer - Straight to this flyer!

Sort Retired - Angled into the bird - right on it!

Long Retired - All the way to the area of the fall, Cheyenne broke left at the trees but corrected to get her bird.

93. FC-AFC I'M UR SEARCH ENGINE, "Google" LM, Alan Pleasant

"Google" and Alan came to the line at 11:12 am.

Right Flyer - Very Nice Mark.

Short Retired - Google went down the field and took a hard left to get his bird.

Left Flyer - Excellent line across the field to the fall area and to his bird.

Long Retired - Straight down the field to the fall area and his bird.

92. FC-AFC CROPPER'S FIRE IN THE HOLE, "Deep" LM, Al Arthur

"Deep" and Al came to the line at 11:02 am.

Right Flyer - Had to hunt this bird but stayed in the area.

Short Retired - Wend down the field and took a hard left into the cover to get his bird.

Left Flyer - Drilled This bird!

Long Retired - Deep went down across the field to the area where the guns stood. He angled right towards the bird and got it.

Rerun - 81. FC-AFC DOTTIE RAY'S LEAGUE OF HER OWN, "Dottie" LF, Andy Kahn

Dottie and Andy came to the line at 10:55 am.

Right Flyer - Dottie drove in the cover for the bird and back out with it.

Left Flyer - Nice line past the gunners. Hunting a little short and right of the fall. Quickly moved left to get the bird.

Short Retired - Excellent line to the area of the fall. she worked quickly to get her bird.

Long Retired - Came in right of the bird. Quick turn left put her on the bird.

84. FC LANE'S KREWE CHIEF, "Chief" LM, Mark Smith

"Chief" and Mark came to the line at 10:48 am.

Right Flyer - Nice

Left Flyer - Nice line past gunners and hunting a little short and right of the fall. He quickly moved left and got the bird.

Short Retired - Excellent line to the area of the fall. He worked quickly to the bird.

Long Retired - Came in the right of the bird. A quick turn left put him on it.

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.

Test 8 - Update

The 8th series has been plagued with no birds. The dogs who have come to the line more than once seem to show better marks. All of the dogs have picked up the duck flyer. Earlier the short retired proved to be troublesome, but an increase in the wind has helped on this bird. The left flyer was problematic due to the wide areas of the fall in heavy cover. There have been handles here. The long retired has also forced handles as the dogs get deep into the cover or the woods. These are very well placed birds.

79. FC-AFC SILVER STAR'S WATCH'EM LIKE A HAWK, "Hawk" LM, Ray Voigt

"Hawk" and Ray came to the line at 10:28 am. Due to no bird, reruns and Ray having multiple dogs, Hawk and Ray ran out of order.

Right Flyer - Straight to the fall area and Hawk has his bird.

Short Retired - Out behind the left flyer guns to the end of the trees, Hawk turned right and worked his way back to the short retired bird.

Long Retired - He went down the middle of the field and came across where the guns stood and went into the cover and trees. He worked his way right to his bird.

Left Flyer - Out in front of the guns, Hawk went through the cover and the bales, made one turn left then back to the right to his bird.

Handled - 82. FC-AFC MUDSLINGER'S AMAZING VISION, "T Bone" LM, Clint Avant

"T Bone" and Clint came to the line at 10:19 am.

Right Flyer - Quick recovery on his flyer.

Left Flyer - Nice line angling down the hill and through the bales. T Bone found his bird and came back in.

Short Retired - Out and right back in with his bird.

Long Retired - Running to the long retired, T Bone faded left behind the gunners. He starts a hunt pattern that takes him further left before his was handled to the bird.

Rerun - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

Bella and Mark had their rerun at 10:10 am.

Right Flyer - Bella went out to the fall area then to her bird.

Left Flyer - She went down the area between the flyer guns and the short tree line. She turned into the cover just past the guns and worked her way to the fall area and to her bird.

Long Retired - She found where the guns stood. Bella made a loop right but missed the bird. She reentered the cover and got it the second time.

Short Retired - She went wide right going down the field but quickly turned left into the fall area and on her bird.

No Bird - 81. FC-AFC DOTTIE RAY'S LEAGUE OF HER OWN, "Dottie" LF, Andy Kahn

"Dottie" and Andy came to the line and received a no bird. They will be placed back 5 spots and have a rerun in the 6th place back.

Rerun - 55. FC-AFC LOCK FIVE'S GOT HER BLUE GENES ON, "Baby" LF, Ray Voigt

Baby and Ray came to the line at 9:59 am for their rerun.

Right Flyer - Nice Job

Left Flyer - Excellent move across the field in front of the guns. Quickly out to the fall area and on her bird.

Short Retired - Straight to the fall area and she hunted up her bird.

Long Retired - Very nice line to 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.

Handle - 78. FC-AFC COOL FUEL MH, "Nitro" LM, Rich Pingatore

"Nitro" and Rich came to the line at 9:46 am.

Right Flyer - Nice Job

Left Flyer - Down the field and angled across in front of the guns and Nitro went straight to his bird.

Short Retired - Down the field and a turn left into the cover and then to his bird.

Long Retired - Excellent line. He turned slightly left and missed his bird. He went down the left side and had to be handled to the bird. Problems handling but finally got his bird.

74. FC SEASIDE'S GORGEOUS GEORGE, "Clooney" LM, Alan Pleasant

"Clooney" and Alan came to the line at 9:38 am.

Right Flyer - Long Bird - Straight to his bird.

Short Retired - Excellent line to the bird.

Left Flyer - Clooney came into the cove on a great line. He hunted the fall area but missed his bird. He got wide right but then came straight back for his bird.

Long Retired - Straight line to the area with the guns. He hunted in the cover and the trees to work it out and get his bird.

Nobird - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

"Bella" and Mark came to the line and received a rerun. This team will be placed back 5 spots to run their test in the 6th spot back.