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Well, Dozer and I made it through the first test. :lol:
Did the 6 a.m. caravan thing and traveled to some pretty nice grounds. No water that I can tell though. :shock:
First test was a land blind with poison bird. I'd say the blind was about 350 yards and the gun station which threw the poison bird was at about 300 yards. There were goose decoys to the left and snow goose decoys to the right where the poison bird fell.
Oh, and the handler had to stay in a box of about 6 ft. x 3ft. If you left the box you got deducted big time.
The poison bird was thrown left to right and the line to the blind was just off the back side of the gun station. The terrain was a right hand downward slope. :shock: So basically all the suction (sp?) was towards the poison bird.
Dozer recieved a score of 4. I knew it was a pretty good blind to FT standards but when they told me my score I had no idea what it meant. :lol:
The test showed some much better scores later in the day. Earlier, there was a shodow where the handler box was which I think didn't help.
Oh, funny thing here. When the judge explained the test before the test dog, he said it was a "white coat" test. When someone asked if we could
wear a white coat the answer was NO. :lol:
Oh, and the test dog handler wore a white coat. :lol: :?
I will say this, everyone has been very nice. The judges seem cool and the competitors are pretty good folks it seems.
So they started the second series and it's basically like a typical Texas dove hunt. Except there ain't no beer. :lol:
It's a quad with all birds thrown from a retired position that stay retired. You sit your dog from a remote position with a gunner between the dog and handler. Basically your about 10 yards to the right of the dog. Two birds are thrown indented and the long bird is the go bird. :shock:
Took Dozer for a swim today and we are relaxing in the room now. I was really proud of him today. He saved me from looking like a goof.
About half the dogs have run the second series and we will run tomorrow.
I appreciate all the encouragment for Dozer and I, but really Dozer gets deserves all the credit.
Did the 6 a.m. caravan thing and traveled to some pretty nice grounds. No water that I can tell though. :shock:
First test was a land blind with poison bird. I'd say the blind was about 350 yards and the gun station which threw the poison bird was at about 300 yards. There were goose decoys to the left and snow goose decoys to the right where the poison bird fell.
Oh, and the handler had to stay in a box of about 6 ft. x 3ft. If you left the box you got deducted big time.
The poison bird was thrown left to right and the line to the blind was just off the back side of the gun station. The terrain was a right hand downward slope. :shock: So basically all the suction (sp?) was towards the poison bird.
Dozer recieved a score of 4. I knew it was a pretty good blind to FT standards but when they told me my score I had no idea what it meant. :lol:
The test showed some much better scores later in the day. Earlier, there was a shodow where the handler box was which I think didn't help.
Oh, funny thing here. When the judge explained the test before the test dog, he said it was a "white coat" test. When someone asked if we could
wear a white coat the answer was NO. :lol:
Oh, and the test dog handler wore a white coat. :lol: :?
I will say this, everyone has been very nice. The judges seem cool and the competitors are pretty good folks it seems.
So they started the second series and it's basically like a typical Texas dove hunt. Except there ain't no beer. :lol:
It's a quad with all birds thrown from a retired position that stay retired. You sit your dog from a remote position with a gunner between the dog and handler. Basically your about 10 yards to the right of the dog. Two birds are thrown indented and the long bird is the go bird. :shock:
Took Dozer for a swim today and we are relaxing in the room now. I was really proud of him today. He saved me from looking like a goof.
About half the dogs have run the second series and we will run tomorrow.
I appreciate all the encouragment for Dozer and I, but really Dozer gets deserves all the credit.
