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Discussion starter · #4 ·
Open is now doing a poison bird blind. Not sure about callbacks.

Derby was over about an hour ago. Three series. Only two dogs finished.

Congratulations to dog # 4 for first place and making the Derby list.

Dog #5 Firemark's Million Dollar Baby (Haley) took second and now has 13 points.

This thread will now become the official Judy and Becky love fest! :wink:


John
 
John Gassner said:
This thread will now become the official Judy and Becky love fest! :wink:


John
And Paula!!!!!! :wink: Might as well add Melanie to the list too!!!!

Congratulations to both dogs. Wow, must have been some derby.

Paula
 
Paula Richard said:
John Gassner said:
This thread will now become the official Judy and Becky love fest! :wink:


John
And Paula!!!!!! :wink: Might as well add Melanie to the list too!!!!

Congratulations to both dogs. Wow, must have been some derby.

Paula
Yeah, John. Might wanna add "Little Miss Spelling Bee" :roll: to the list. You know, being a Pilot daughter and all. :wink:
 
Dogs dropped after first series of the Open: 2,6,7,9,22,24,27,30,37

Now running a double blind with poison bird, then pick up the poison bird.

I believe Brian said the poison bird was in the middle of the two blinds. But not sure...I guess I wasn't paying that close of ear attention to his description.
 
OH YEAH BABY - LET'S HEAR IT FOR HALEY!!! WOOHOO!
How's that John? Heaven forbid I disappoint you.
 
K G said:
Wow, must have been some derby.
Must have been some derby field...... 8)

Half the field of 13 gone after a single and a double and only two finish a three series derby?

Sounds like now is the time to have a young dog that will reliably pick up two birds regards,

kg
SO are you saying that as a judge, you couldn't set up 3 series that could eliminate 11 of 13 very good dogs?
 
Go Mike & Haley! I can't help but retell the story about when Mike called to inquire about a pup. He assured me she would never, ever see a field trial or hunt test.

Don't you just hate people who don't tell the truth? :twisted: :lol:
 
John Gassner said:
Open is now doing a poison bird blind. Not sure about callbacks.

Derby was over about an hour ago. Three series. Only two dogs finished.

Congratulations to dog # 4 for first place and making the Derby list.

Dog #5 Firemark's Million Dollar Baby (Haley) took second and now has 13 points.

This thread will now become the official Judy and Becky love fest! :wink:


John
Just because the winner wasn't a golden doesn't mean it's ok for you to only give the name of the second place dog. :wink:

4 Wing Magic's Standpipe Moon Frank Price Frank Price
5 Firemark's Million Dollar Baby Michael Castelli Michael Castelli

Congrats to Frank
 
WAY TO GO FRANK!

Glad to see this time the dog is the right color! :wink:

FOM
 
SO are you saying that as a judge, you couldn't set up 3 series that could eliminate 11 of 13 very good dogs?
Nice attempt at a twist, Russ! :lol:

I'm saying that if they only finished two dogs in a five bird Derby, then there were MORE THAN LIKELY only two dogs in that field really ready to run that Derby.

That is what I'm saying. I'll also say that you will NEVER see me set up a single as a SERIES in a 13 dog field.

NEVER. Write it down.

I'd almost be willing to bet that those judges would have LOVED to have thrown a four-series/eight-bird Derby.

kg
 
Discussion starter · #16 ·
Hey Russ, I just give the info I get. The folks that owned the non-Golden didn't tell me about their dog. Fortunately the nice Golden owner told me about it making the Derby list.

I can assure you that Ron Battman sets up very challenging tests. Not sure about the depth of the entries.

John
 
Discussion starter · #19 ·
Melanie Foster said:
John Gassner said:
I can assure you that Ron Battman sets up very challenging tests.
Though I'm not sure his name has two "t"s?

Hellooo, sweetness. :twisted:
Little known fact about Ron and Stephie.....originally when they ran only Goldens they had an extra "T". Those in the know.............know 8)


Johnn
 
There were only 10 starters and 7 went to the 3rd series.

Did they get any answers from the single.......no. Did they on the 2nd series double yes. The single/double scenerio did not conflict with each other. The single was on the east side of a grown over fence row and the double was on the west side angling away from the fence line.

The 3rd series double was a very nice double, but maybe a bit overkill for the field (if you wanted 4 placements). However, I thought there would have been a couple others finish.

CP
 
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