Was there a Fault?

[Fred Warf]

SCENARIO

Triple - Long center bird down first ( left to right) - shorter right hand bird down second (right to left) - Left hand bird down last (right to left - Flyer)
Dog leaves line toward left hand bird, runs past bird and goes out and picks up long center bird. Dog returns on line he went on, stops at left hand bird and picks it up - now dog has both birds and is heading back to line. Dog carries both birds about 50 yards and drops one of the birds and returns with one bird. Did the dog commit a Fault? If so, what fault

[Ken Bora]

....yes.....

[Ken Bora]

maybe more than 1

[moscowitz]

Fred your joking. Tell me your joking!! For real!!

[Fred Warf]

No joke - in that scenario was a fault committed and if so what fault?

[duk4me]

SCENARIO

Triple - Long center bird down first ( left to right) - shorter right hand bird down second (right to left) - Left hand bird down last (right to left - Flyer)
Dog leaves line toward left hand bird, runs past bird and goes out and picks up long center bird. Dog returns on line he went on, stops at left hand bird and picks it up - now dog has both birds and is heading back to line. Dog carries both birds about 50 yards and drops one of the birds and returns with one bird. Did the dog commit a Fault? If so, what fault

I don't know much about AKC but I think on a triple if the dog chooses to pick up two birds he must pick up all three at once and deliver all to hand or its a fault.

[Tim Carrion]

Was the bird the dog returned with the flyer or the dead bird?

Tim

[Fred Warf]

Tim - good question - not 100% sure from our distance

[Ron in Portland]

Fred,

when you say the dog "runs past bird" on the left, was there any indication of a hunt or acknowledgement of the bird, of was it just moving along to the long bird (i.e. could it be called as switching)?

[Fred Warf]

Dog did not slow down on the first bird - on the return the dog stood over both birds picking one up then the other until the dog had both birds.