10th Series Test Dogs

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

The 1st test dog to the line for the 10th Series was Zeiss with handler Jane Patopea.
Zeiss and Jane came to the line at 9:55 am

LF – Out to the area and he was on his bird.

LR – To the left of the water and he located his bird.

RR – Handled going out to move to the right, got deep and was handled again to the bird.

RF – Handled to this bird.

Jane and Zeiss moved to the honor box

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

The 2nd test dog that came to the line to run the 10th Series was Brandy and handler Missy Bell.
Brandy and Missy came to the line at 10:11 am.

LF – Nicely done.

LR – Through some of the water and she got her bird.

RR – Brandy got left of the bird and drove deep, and was handled to this bird.

RF – Got the bird.

This test took Zeiss approximately 16 minutes to complete.

9th Series Test Dogs

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

The 1st test dog that came to the line to run the 9th Series was Brandy and handler Missy Bell.
Brandy and Missy came to the line at 12:24 pm.

F – Fluttering flyer, got it

RR – Through the soft bulrushes to find her bird.

LR – Into the field, looped around the pine trees, drove deep and left. Came back in and was handled right to located her bird.

MR – Very good!

**Adjustments were made to the test after Brandy and Missy Bell ran. They pulled out the RR bulrush bird, the Judges want to see it ran as a triple mark for the next test dog** 

Zeiss III, “Zeiss” LM

Owner: Rich and Jodi Charrier, Nampa, ID
Handler: Jane Patopea

The 2nd test dog to the line for the 9th Series was Zeiss with handler Jane Patopea.
Zeiss and Jane came to the line at 12:38 pm

F – Easy work of his Flyer

LR – Around the edge of the water, a brief check midway, also checked the holding blind and then worked out to the bird.

(MR becomes the RR)

RR – Dog headed towards the bulrush bird and was handled over.

This test took Zeiss approximately 7 minutes to complete

8th Series Test Dogs

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

The 1st test dog to the line for the 8th Series was Zeiss with handler Jane Patopea.
Zeiss and Jane came to the line at 7:28 am

3 whistles to hold the hill and get across the road and through the water

2 whistles up and out to the tree and his bird.

This test took Brandy approximately 6 minutes to complete

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

The 2nd test dog that came to the line to run the 8th Series was Brandy and handler Missy Bell.
Brandy and Missy came to the line at 7:34 am.

Initial line took Brandy angling along the hillside

2 whistles by the xmas trees

1 across the drive and into the descent, good control through the water

This test took Brandy approximately 7 minutes to complete

7th Series Test Dogs

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

The first test dog that came to the line to run the 7th Series was Zeiss and handler Jane Patopea
Zeiss came to the line at 11:06 am.

F – Hunted right of the gunners and then he hunted up his bird

MR –Down the lane behind the gunners, he began to move his hunt pattern towards the bird, but then suddenly breaks for the right bird, and the dog is handled to the middle retired bird.

RR – Angling across the ditch and the road he hunts the top of the berm and is handled to this bird also

This test took Zeiss 11 minutes to complete




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

The 2nd test dog to the line for the 7th Series was Brandy with handler Missy Bell
Brandy came to the line at 11:19 am

F – Nice Bird!

MR – Out to the bird and she got it!

RR – Across the ditch, she scooted down the road and was on to the bird.

Missy moved to the honor mat.

This test took Brandy 5 minutes to complete

6th Series Test Dogs

Zeiss III, “Zeiss” LM

Owner: Rich and Jodi Charrier, Nampa, ID
Handler: Jane Patopea

The first test dog that came to the line to run the 6th Series was Zeiss and handler Jane Patopea
Zeiss came to the line at 7:32 am.

2 whistles to the tree

2 more to hold the line

3 whistles to the end



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

The 2nd test dog to the line for the 6th Series was Brandy with handler Missy Bell
Brandy came to the line at 7:35 am

1 whistle at the tree

5 whistles in the mid-section to keep on line to the end

5th Series Test Dog – Day 2

FC-AFC Joe Panik, “Josey” LF
Owner: Missy Bell, Novato, CA
Handler: Missy Bell

The single test dog to the line for the 2nd day of the 5th Series was Josie with handler Missy Bell.
Josey and Missy came to the line at 7:16 am

F – Right to the bird

LR – A tight hunt and she got it.

MR – Swam around the land area with the bird on it, but then she was up and out and she located her bird.

RR – Out and back in with the bird.

She moved to the honor box upon return of her last bird.

5th Series Test Dogs

Brandon Crawford MH, “Brandy” LF

Owner: Missy Bell, Novato, CA
Handler: Missy Bell

The 1st test dog to the line for the 5th Series was Brandy with handler Missy Bell.
Brandy and Missy came to the line at 7:23 am

F – Brandy set up a hunt deep.

LR – She went out and pulled right along the lane and then was on to her bird.

MR – Entered the channel, drove the dike and got her bird.

RR – Brandy angled through the bend of the the channel, driving towards the area a little deep. Got into more water, and then worked her way back in, but dog is helped to the bird.

This test took Brandy approximately 19 minutes to complete (a few adjustments were made to the test after the 1st test dog)

Zeiss III, “Zeiss” LM

Owner: Rich and Jodi Charrier, Nampa, ID
Handler: Jane Patopea

The 2nd test dog that came to the line to run the 5th Series was Zeiss and handler Jane Patopea
Zeiss and Jane came to the line at 7:50 am.

F – Flyer was angled back and short. Zeiss went left of the guns and established a hunt, came across the back and worked the area right of the guns and he worked it out and located his bird.

LR – Good line out, across the channel and on to the bird.

MR – Nice line out again, into the water, skimming the right shoreline and out, then down to his bird.

RR – Followed along the dike, he went to the second water entry and beyond, enters another channel and drove well behind the bird before being helped to this bird.

Jane Patopea and Zeiss

4th Series Test Dogs

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

The first test dog that came to the line to run the 4th Series was Zeiss and handler Jane Patopea
Zeiss came to the line at 9:54 am.

Past the little shed

1 whistle across the mounds

through the finger of water

1 whistle on land and across the channel for a quick swim

1 whistle to get out on the point

1 whistle off the point to swim the channel up on land

3 more whistles to the area

Dog went out of sight near the timbers

He was helped to the end.




Brandon Crawford MH, “Brandy” LF

Owner: Missy Bell, Novato, CA
Handler: Missy Bell

The 2nd test dog to the line for the 4th Series was Brandy with handler Missy Bell
Brandy came to the line at 10:04 am

1 whistle by the mounds

1 whistles to the water

3 whistles to get out of the channel onto the point

1 whistle off the point

3 whistles in the channel

2 whistles on shore and she jumped back in the channel

1 whistle back up to get her bird.

This test took Brandy approximately 5 minutes to complete

3rd Series Test Dogs - Day 2

FC-AFC Joe Panik, “Josey” LF

Owner: Missy Bell, Novato, CA
Handler: Missy Bell

The test dog to the line for day 2 of the 3rd Series is Josey with handler Missy Bell
Josey came to the line at 8:27 am

Flyer – Josey made quick work of her flyer.

Middle Retired – Nice line through the water, angling towards the bird for another nice retrieve.

Right Retired – Nice line through the water, Josie doesn't hesitate to punch up the hillside. She swerves left of the gunners and drives deep. Her line bends around to the area of the fall where we lost sight of her in the fog, but she was quickly back with her bird!

Test Dog Josie with handler Missy Bell waiting to run the test

3rd Series Test Dogs

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

The 1st test dog to the line for the 3rd Series was Brandy with handler Missy Bell
Brandy came to the line at 7:07 am

Flyer – Good Recovery!

Middle Retired – Angled entry into the channel, then she pulled out left of the tree and began to hunt the base of the hill. She was handled up the hill to find her retired mark.

Right Retired – She entered the channel and then she was back out on the far  shore, across the land and re-entered the channel crossing it again and exiting the far side, making a couple loops on the shore and she located her bird.

This test took Brandy approximately 7 minutes to complete

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

The second test dog came that came to the line to run the 3rd Series was Zeiss and handler Jane Patopea
Zeiss came to the line at 7:15 am.

Flyer – Quick recovery of his duck flyer!

Right Retired – Squared out across the channel, ran across the land and re-entered the channel, across to land again and located the bird.

Middle Retired – He entered the channel at a nice angle, crossing it and arriving at the far shore. A quick loop at the base of the hill and then he drove up the hill and found his duck.

This test took Zeiss about 5 minutes to complete 

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