[Hunt'EmUp]

I think the ability to run whether your out or not is a good thing, Considering your paying $65+, at least you have the ability to get all your birds and have a full experience. Believe it or not an experience can be worth just as much; perhaps more than a $5 ribbon. My first HRC experience my dog picked up a Hot-blind, I was nervous, I forgot it was hot. A 3 hour drive, a new venue, first bird, first series, 15 seconds and we're out. I was pretty glad for the option to play that day . The HRC is the team-work venue the handler can fail the team just as quickly as the dog, where else can you practice work as a team-under pressure? Many people train alone, they don't get many multiple marks, they don't have access to much water. It's sad when you go to a test, with beautiful water and never see a water-mark, or never get to see if your dog can do a triple because the dog just missed it in the first, or you screwed up. Watching a dog in multiple series can reveal habits and tell you exactly what you need to work on. Sure there are some aspects you would not want to encourage by running a series, but if it's not detrimental to further progression, what's the big deal about letting a dog get his birds, letting the handler have a good-time running his dog. The Judges-workers already signed up for all day. You cannot drink at an HRC event until all stakes are completed, so what else are we gonna do? Take a nap in the shade while waiting for the dinner and the raffle, I get grumpy if I take a nap.