Day 2 – Flight B – Test 1 – Wood Duck Pond-Land/Water – Sunday, October 18

Flight B: Dale Langhorne and Ed Sullivan

Wood Duck Pond-Land/Water – Land/Water Triple, Double Blind, Walk-up

This test is a Land/Water Triple with a double blind and a walk-up. Walking to the line, bird number one came out of a winger and landed in the water 34 yards to the handler's left. Once on the line, bird number two was thrown to the right, landing 55 yards from the handler, landing on his right hand side. Bird three was a duck flyer, landing 95 yards in front of the mat. The dogs picked up the flyer, then ran a land blind parallel to the shore 135 yards from the mat. Then the handler would pick up bird number two and then bird number one, the water bird. These series was completed when the dog ran a 64 yard water blind, staying just off the left hand side of a long peninsula.

All of the dogs we watched did a nice job on the marks and blind, but one dog broke on the flyer.

On the second day at this site for Flight B, we arrived mid-morning. The cold wind was swirling 14-20 mph on the high hill where the gallery overlooked the test. Handlers continued to have trouble with this test. The first dog we watched had a beautiful three-whistle land blind. The following dog picked up on the land blind. We saw excellent work on the water blind and saw another dog fail the water blind. We watched seven contestants run this test. Four of them did a nice job and the other three picked up.

Judges Dale Langhorne and Ed Sullivan

Colby Williams describes Wood Duck Pond