[Creek Branch]

Just curious, what’s up with all the handling and pickups ? I have been following the Nationals since 2004 and I have never seen anything quite like this.

 

[Judd]

Just curious, what’s up with all the handling and pickups ? I have been following the Nationals since 2004 and I have never seen anything quite like this.

Maybe the better question is what’s up with these what appear to be super tight tests?

 

[EdA]

Just curious, what’s up with all the handling and pickups ? I have been following the Nationals since 2004 and I have never seen anything quite like this.

Heavy cover and tight marks I am told

 

[tigerfan]

Heavy cover and tight marks I am told

That's the same story I'm getting.
I was also told the judges wanted to use pheasants in this test
Can imagine what a bloodbath that would have been with the heavy cover

 

[Paul "Happy" Gilmore]

Pretty common tests in the northwest. Grass doesn't get cut for hay until a good weather window. Weather is commonly unfair for farming in the pacific northwest in June

 

[Tobias]

The marks can be the same at 7 am and 6 pm.... but nothing else is.drag back scent, trails, paths, flattened area around the AOF, human scent. All exacerbated by cover, wind, humidity/lack of....Running early in the morning with higher humidity, vs later in the day with low humidity.... I would not want to run really tight marks with close AOF's where there was a lot of cover. Some cover is great --- necessary, obviously. This is where pro trained dogs or dogs who are trained daily with a group have an advantage.( light, wind, etc also, obviously can play a role)

 

[EdA]

The marks can be the same at 7 am and 6 pm.... but nothing else is.drag back scent, trails, paths, flattened area around the AOF, human scent. All exacerbated by cover, wind, humidity/lack of....Running early in the morning with higher humidity, vs later in the day with low humidity.... I would not want to run really tight marks with close AOF's where there was a lot of cover. Some cover is great --- necessary, obviously. This is where pro trained dogs or dogs who are trained daily with a group have an advantage.( light, wind, etc also, obviously can play a role)

Add temperature to your list which affects the dogs much more than humidity (which may affect us more) does.

 

[Judd]

Add temperature to your list which affects the dogs much more than humidity (which may affect us more) does.

We call humidity swamp a$$ weather down here in Georgia.

 

[Andy Brittingham]

We call humidity swamp a$$ weather down here in Georgia.

At least it's only around from March to October