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Scenario:
Senior NAHRA test water series. Triple mark with blind and a "double honor". Test starts off with a "bye dog" honoring with its handler on the shore about 20 feet from the blind. Dog in contention comes to line and gets in blind with handler and judges. When handler is ready and dog is set, calling is heard from behind and a "dump bird" splashes out directly in front of the bye dog, and at a sharp angle, but reasonably close to the contention dog.
Judges call for bye dog to pick up dumper. Bye dog delivers dumper bird to handler while contention dog, fresh at the line, honors. Triple mark is then thrown out in water. Bye dog honors while judges call for "dog" and the dog in contention now is sent to pick up the triple. As contention dog leaves the line on the first retrieve, bye dog is excused.
After picking up the three marks, the contention dog is handled on a blind from the same point of origin. The handler and contention dog then slide left down the shore in place of the previous bye dog. They now pick up the dumper bird after the next dog in contention comes to the line and sits in the blind. After getting the dumper, the dog sits and watches the triple mark thrown for the new contention dog. As soon as new contention dog is sent, the honor dog is excused with handler and so-on.
Situation:
A "fire breathing" young bitch needs one more qualification for her title. She comes to line with handler and honors for the dumper bird perfectly. She cleanly hammers out the triple and does a super job on the blind. The judges tell her "nice work" and have her slide down the shoreline to become the honor dog while a fresh team comes to the line.
This time, the first dumper bird lands a bit off to the left - angled even further from the new contention dog and a bit of an angle entry for the firebreather. She remains steady on the dumper until the handler is directed by the judges to have her pick up the bird, less than 10 feet away. On command, firebreather does a kamikaze leap and lets out the most god-awful cries upon hitting the water. She's struck a waterlogged tree trunk and instantly has major front "wrist" swelling.
The handler leaps in water and carries screaming dog back to shore. The test breaks up as the dog is carried to a vehicle. A birdboy picks up dumper bird that the shocked honor dog never picked up.
The judges and some Field Test Committee members remove the submerged log and scour the area for more hazards. None found, they find a bye-dog to stand in for the injured dog while a new dog/handler come to the line to run.
Here's the question: Assume you are a judge or you are on the Field Test Committee. Would you:
A) Conclude that the injured dog has already completed the mark and blind, has already exhibited steadiness and honored on both sides of the double-honor. Conclude that the triple and blind - the only scored portions as per the written standard - have already been completed well. Rule that the dog, pending no broken bones and the owner's choice to proceed is invited back to the next series.
B) Conclude that the dog has must pick up that dumper bird, despite exhibiting steadiness and honoring, and despite already completing the scored portions of the water series. Require that the injured dog, should the owner desire a qualification and title from this event, return to the line later and stand in as honor dog again, but complete the dumper, 10 foot max retrieve.
C) Conclude something different (please give details)
I thought this would be a stimulating discussion. This is a real-life scenario and I happened to be there. After it's been hashed out some, I'll come back in and share with you what the judges and the field test committee said - and what they did.
Please feel free to put on your thinking caps, back up your conclusion with your logic and reasons, and enjoy! 8)
Senior NAHRA test water series. Triple mark with blind and a "double honor". Test starts off with a "bye dog" honoring with its handler on the shore about 20 feet from the blind. Dog in contention comes to line and gets in blind with handler and judges. When handler is ready and dog is set, calling is heard from behind and a "dump bird" splashes out directly in front of the bye dog, and at a sharp angle, but reasonably close to the contention dog.
Judges call for bye dog to pick up dumper. Bye dog delivers dumper bird to handler while contention dog, fresh at the line, honors. Triple mark is then thrown out in water. Bye dog honors while judges call for "dog" and the dog in contention now is sent to pick up the triple. As contention dog leaves the line on the first retrieve, bye dog is excused.
After picking up the three marks, the contention dog is handled on a blind from the same point of origin. The handler and contention dog then slide left down the shore in place of the previous bye dog. They now pick up the dumper bird after the next dog in contention comes to the line and sits in the blind. After getting the dumper, the dog sits and watches the triple mark thrown for the new contention dog. As soon as new contention dog is sent, the honor dog is excused with handler and so-on.
Situation:
A "fire breathing" young bitch needs one more qualification for her title. She comes to line with handler and honors for the dumper bird perfectly. She cleanly hammers out the triple and does a super job on the blind. The judges tell her "nice work" and have her slide down the shoreline to become the honor dog while a fresh team comes to the line.
This time, the first dumper bird lands a bit off to the left - angled even further from the new contention dog and a bit of an angle entry for the firebreather. She remains steady on the dumper until the handler is directed by the judges to have her pick up the bird, less than 10 feet away. On command, firebreather does a kamikaze leap and lets out the most god-awful cries upon hitting the water. She's struck a waterlogged tree trunk and instantly has major front "wrist" swelling.
The handler leaps in water and carries screaming dog back to shore. The test breaks up as the dog is carried to a vehicle. A birdboy picks up dumper bird that the shocked honor dog never picked up.
The judges and some Field Test Committee members remove the submerged log and scour the area for more hazards. None found, they find a bye-dog to stand in for the injured dog while a new dog/handler come to the line to run.
Here's the question: Assume you are a judge or you are on the Field Test Committee. Would you:
A) Conclude that the injured dog has already completed the mark and blind, has already exhibited steadiness and honored on both sides of the double-honor. Conclude that the triple and blind - the only scored portions as per the written standard - have already been completed well. Rule that the dog, pending no broken bones and the owner's choice to proceed is invited back to the next series.
B) Conclude that the dog has must pick up that dumper bird, despite exhibiting steadiness and honoring, and despite already completing the scored portions of the water series. Require that the injured dog, should the owner desire a qualification and title from this event, return to the line later and stand in as honor dog again, but complete the dumper, 10 foot max retrieve.
C) Conclude something different (please give details)
I thought this would be a stimulating discussion. This is a real-life scenario and I happened to be there. After it's been hashed out some, I'll come back in and share with you what the judges and the field test committee said - and what they did.
Please feel free to put on your thinking caps, back up your conclusion with your logic and reasons, and enjoy! 8)