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2023 National Retriever Championship Blog

Monday, November 13, 2023

3rd Series Recap

Sunday, November 12 – Monday, November 13, 2023

3rd Series – Land/Water Triple

81 Dogs Started this Series.

After the test was set up, we kicked off the series on Sunday morning with running the test dogs starting at 7:07 am. The first test dog to run was "Brandy" with handler Missy Bell, and then next up was "Zeiss" with handler Jane Patopea, giving the teams a preview of the test. On Monday morning to finish up running the last 5 dogs, 1 single test dog "Josey" with handler Missy Bell ran to show new conditions for this test.

The first running dog for this test was #40 FC Blackfoot's Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, “Otis,” with handler Clint Avant at 7:31 am on Sunday.

The weather on Sunday had mostly cloudy overcast skies and temps in the mid 50's with light winds gusting up to 14 mph throughout the day. Monday morning was foggy and we had a bit of a fog delay, which cleared up to mostly cloudy skies and temps around 47 degrees.

Here is how things turned out for the 3rd Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (5): 23 – 47 – 73 – 75 – 83
Handles (9): 15 – 29 – 38 – 40 – 43 – 52 – 64 – 80 – 82
Double Handles (0):
Pick-Ups (1): 67
Break (1): 36
Scratches (0):

Our last running dog for this series was dog #
39 Sneak Attack For A Hostile Takeover QA2, “Raider” with Handler Ty RoremThey completed the test this Monday morning at 9:14 am.


There were 81 dogs sent from the line in this series, taking exactly 9 hours 54 minutes, which averages out to be a little more than 7 minutes per dog. 

The 3rd Series is officially in the books! We will be moving on to the 4th Series ... and Callbacks to come soon!

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