97. AFC Patton’s Natural Born World Shaker (Luke), LM, Dave Opseth

 The dog was quite amped up to approach the line and would not heel when commanded to do so...

Blind: The handler gave multiple whistles and multiple casts to get the dog into the water, the dog refused and the handler chose to pick up the dog and not complete the test

96. FC-AFC Ace On The River III (Ace), LM, Peter Ketola

The dog was excited to come to the line and crept out very far, looking as if it was going to break....when the birds landed, the handler commanded the dog to heel in order to perform the blind...

Blind: Very smooth and accurate with few whistles up-front. Required several whistles at the end to hunt up the bird for completion.
Flyer: Stepped on it!!
L Ret: Dog took a great initial line, pushed hard left, even with the fire station, ...disappeared and when reappeared was hunting deep and left of the flyer, the handler blew the whistle and attempted to handle, but was unable to do so, and had to pick up the dog with out the bird.

95. Walensis’ Devil Made Me Do It (Newt), LM, Ken Steele

Blind: 6 whistles to enter the water, strong cross-wind was difficult to get good change in direction, but worked it out and completed the blind
Flyer: Was a quick retrieve
L Ret: Dog went out on a great initial line, handler lost sight of the dog, when the dog reappeared it was hunting between the guns and the handler attempted to handle, was unable to do so and opted to Pick Up the dog.

93. AFC Beaver La Bam (Beaver), LM, Bill Tidd

Completed the test in 11 minutes and 2 seconds

Blind: "Beaver" had a 4 whistle blind for an excellent retrieve!
Flyer: Front footed it!
L Ret: The dog left the mat with a good initial line, immediately gave way to the factors, got lost and went out of site, the handler attempted to handle...but was unable to do so, due to the visibility of the dog. Handler decided to Pick Up the dog with out completing the retrieve.

Conditions REPORT

The conditions have significantly changed the test. The wind is gusting out of the south moving south-west, which has produced a cross-wind factor to the test. The dogs are leaving the line pushing off of the terrain and the pond fading and sucking towards the flyers station and fading with the stiff wind where they are ending up in between the gun stations and getting lost.
The clouds have moved in and the sky is greatly overcast. The humidity has risen and become very sticky. This is causing the handlers much grief.

Good luck competitors because this is now a new test!

92. Pleasant River Sea Duck (Eider), LM, Anne Marshall

Blind: Had an exceptional blind
Flyer: The flyer went out deep, established a hunt and gradually worked his way back to retrieve the bird.
L. Ret: Dog had a good initial line, faded with the factors and ended up hunting short behind the flyer station, before the handler blew the whistle and handled the dog back to the long retired bird.

91. AFC Coolwater’s Hawkeye Legend (Legend), LM, Alexandra Washburn

Blind: The dog had a great initial line, only required a few whistles to get into the water and a few whistles to complete the blind, for a job well done.
Flyer: Was a great mark
Long Retired: Dog left the line, pushing hard left, mid-way to the long bird, took a hard right to correct his line and go into the mark at the area of the fall for a precision retrieve!!

90. FC-AFC Jet Black Bustin Thru The Brush MH (Jet), LM, Jim Powers

10 minutes and 38 seconds to complete the test

Blind:Was smooth like butter! And had very few whistles to complete!
Flyer: Had a very nice mark with a tiny area hunt
L Ret: Took a nice initial line, gently fading left just inches behind the holding blind to quickly correct, disappear and then reappear with the bird.

89. Atlastastar (Rinny), LF, Martha Blank

Blind: Handler kept a tight line with minimal whistles for a great job
Flyer: Was a great Mark!
L Ret: Dog went out bating to the left when she got just past the flyer station, made a hard left and the handler blew the whistle and handled the dog to the long retired bird

88. AFC Windy City’s Springtime (April), LF, Charlie Hines

Blind: Took 3 whistles to enter the water, she then only required 2 additional whistles to complete the blind.
Flyer: Make 2 quick loops to retrieve the bird
L Ret: Pushed off hard left, split the difference of the guns, established a hunt deep of the flyers station, and the handler blew the whistle attempted to handle and then opted to Pick Up the dog, without retrieving the long retired bird

87. FC Hunting Creek Classy Girl JH (Classy), LF, John Armstrong

Blind:lined into the water and carried original line all the way the the last  piece of land where he required only one more whistle to complete the retrieve.

Flyer: rapidly retrieved the bird.

LR: pushed off the line hard left but corrected his line half way out to the mark for a successfully mark

86. AFC-CFC-CAFC Upon The Wings Of An Answered Prayer (Ammo), LF, Bill Petrovish

10 minutes to complete the test

Blind: Required 4 whistles to enter the water, then 2 whistles to remain online and then 1 check-up whistle at the end for a nice blind.
Flyer: Dog ran out hard and fast past the area, but quickly turned and retrieved the bird
L Ret: The dog was released carrying a line at the gun station then made a quick right in front of the gun station, disappeared into the cover, and seconds later reappeared with the bird.

85. FC-AFC KPR’s Wet Willie (Willie), LM, Jim Pickering

Blind: Required 3 whistles to get into the water, had 2 additional whistles while swimming and 2 whistles at the end for a successful blind
Flyer: Was a good accurate mark.
L Ret: The dog left straight at the fall area, held his line like a champ, entering and exiting the water where he needed, for a perfect mark.

84. FC-AFC Landover Goldendaze Yukon (Yukon), LM, Chuck Schweikert

Blind: The dog required 2 whistles to enter the channel, carried that same line through the channel, where he would require only 1 more whistle to remain online. Had a couple whistles at the end instructing the dog to hunt up the bird and complete the retrieve.
Flyer: Was a good mark!
L. Ret: The dog pushed off hard left when he left the handlers side, the dog then ended up splitting the distance between the two guns and establishing a hunt close to the old fall, when the handler opted to blow the whistle and handle the dog to the long retired bird.

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83. FC-AFC-CFC-CAFC Adams Acres Muddy Creek (Cree), LM, Jerry Younglove

Blind: The handler blew several whistles up front to convince the dog to get into the water. The dog refused to enter the water. Running around to the end and making the retrieve.
Flyer: Tight, quick hunt in the area
L Ret: The dog was released, pushing off the water, sucking to the flyer, entering the mark behind the holding blind and then hunted his way over and retrieved the bird.

82. AFC Indian Height’s Get Away (George), LM, Carl Ruffalo

9 minutes and 25 seconds to complete the test
Blind: One whistle to get into the water, 2 whistles to complete the blind for a good job
Flyer: Landed deep of the original area, the dog went out and put a sizable hunt before driving deep to where the bird landed to make the retrieve.
L. Ret: The dog was released and carried a perfect line at the bird, got in the water and continued to carry the line straight for a perfect mark!

81. FC-AFC Rocky Creeks Full Tilt Boogie (Pearl), LF, John Caire

9 minutes and 14 seconds to complete the test

Blind: “Pearl” required 3 whistles to enter the channel, carried a good line to the end, and then only required 1 whistle to complete the blind successfully

Flyer: Drove deep of the area, but quickly came back to retrieve the bird

L Ret: The dog was released to the line of the fall area, got in

80. FC Lubys And Whitewaters Pirate’s Jewel (Jewel), LF, Jeff Schuett

9  minutes and 4 seconds to complete the test

Blind: Required 3 whistles to get into the water, and carried that line all the way to the end, where she required several whistles to hunt up the bird.

Flyer: Was an excellent mark

L Ret: Dog went out from the handler to the right, took the edge of the water and went out of sight for a period of time, appeared out of the pond driving to the tree line where she disappeared into the cover and then quickly reappeared with the bird.

79. AFC Texaco’s High Tesse (Star), LF, Alex Abraham

Blind: 3 whistles to enter the channel water, and several whistles while in the water to maintain the tight line to the end of the blind.

Flyer: Dog had a nice mark

Long Ret: Dog took a great initial line, but then began to push off of the water and traveled to the left, the handler then chose to blow the whistle to handle the dog to the long retired bird.