Day 5 – Flight D – Test 3 – Goose Pond-Water – Wednesday, October 21

Flight D: Martin Bell and Bruce Bachert

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

Flight D moved to their third test with 30 dogs having been dropped from the second series.

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.

While we were there, we saw three of the six dogs that ran stay dry going out to the right-hand bird. The rest of the teams had nice jobs. The gallery enjoyed a bird's eye view of this test from the top of the levee.