National Retriever Championship Blog


2023 National Retriever Championship Blog

Saturday, November 11, 2023

1st and 2nd Series Test Dogs

Honorary Test Dog
FC-AFC Slick When Wet III, “Slick” LM
Owner: Ken Jackson, Junction City, OR
Handler: Ken Jackson
All-Age Points: 178   Open: 75.5   Amateur: 102.5

Our Honorary Test Dog came to the line first for the 1st/2nd Series 
Slick with owner/handler Ken Jackson came to the line at 7:11 am.

A Single pheasant flyer, and Slick retires with a nice job on his pheasant flyer!
Great job Slick! Have a wonderful retirement!


7:16 am 
The next test dog came to the line but there was a mechanical difficulty and they went back to the holding blind again ...


Zeiss III, “Zeiss” LM
Owner: Rich and Jodi Charrier, Nampa, ID
Handler: Jane Patopea


The first Test Dog came back up to the line to run the 1st and 2nd Series 
Zeiss and Jane came to the line at 7:19 am.

F – Excellent mark!

RG – Good speed out, a slight deflection to the right and he is at the bird!

Blind – They set up on the other mat ... Zeiss is out and jumps into the water, he has a couple whistles and gets into the field,  a couple more through the slot, but he has difficulty moving out into the field, he got to the far left and takes some work to get back to the corridor and the bird.

This test took Zeiss about 6 minutes to complete



Brandon Crawford MH, “Brandy” LF
Owner: Missy Bell, Novato, CA
Handler: Missy Bell


The 2nd test dog to the line was a replacement test dog ...
Brandy with handler Missy Bell .... Brandy came to the line at 7:26 am

F – Good Flyer!

RG – Out to the cover and the bird.

Moved over to the other mat and ready for the blind ...

Blind – Through the water and 1st whistle just out of the water, another whistle through the slot, and she arrived a little short and another whistle drives her to go deep, a quick handle and she is back at the bird.

This test took Brandy approximately 5.5 minutes to complete

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