Day 6 – Flight D – Test 3 – Goose Pond-Water – Thursday, October 22

Flight D: Martin Bell and Bruce Bachert

Goose Pond-Water – Water Triple, Water Blind, Diversion Shot

Goose Pond is a Water Triple with a water blind and a diversion shot. It was mid-afternoon when we arrived at the third test site for Flight D. Bird number one was thrown to the right of the handler, up a slight slope, landing dry at 70 yards. The second bird, at 91 yards, was also thrown to the right landing in low cover. Bird number three, on the handler's far left, was thrown to the right making a large splash at 33 yards. After the dogs picked up this left-hand go-bird, they ran the water blind at 61 yards. Next, the dogs picked up the right hand bird and finally the middle bird.

We arrived at this test late in the morning, greeted by a west wind blowing at one mph. After a couple of dogs, the wind picked up, giving the dogs the advantage of winding the blind. Today, most of the dogs we watched took the water, only one stayed dry, an improvement over yesterday.

Noah Spitzer describes Goose Pond-Water