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Sunday, June 19, 2022

3rd & 4th Series Recap - Day 1

Sunday, June 19, 2022 - 1st Day

3rd & 4th Series – Water Double with a Water Blind

Test Dogs started out the day at 6:39 am, beginning with "Maci" and then "Henry" was up next to give the competitors a good idea of what they might expect for the 3rd and 4th Series. (... and they would have noticed, it was going to be a tough two series!)


Our first running dog #88 AFC Joe Panik, “Josey,” LF with owner handler Missy Bell kicked off the 3rd and 4th series at 7:19 am this morning!

The weather started in the low 50’s and reached into the upper 60’s. We didn't have much breeze and mostly cloudy conditions for the majority of the day. Again, it was a pretty good day to be in the field to watch these amazing dogs work!

Here is how things turned out on Day 1 …
No-Bird / Re-Run (2): 16 – 46
Handles (31): 90 – 91 – 93 – 97 – 98 – 1 – 4 – 8 – 10 – 13 – 15 – 16 – 20 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 25 – 28 – 29 – 30 – 32 – 34 – 35 – 36 – 37 – 38 – 39 – 40 – 47 – 50 – 51
Pick-Ups (7): 94 – 2 – 3 – 6 – 11 – 17 – 42
Scratches (0): 
Injuries (0): 

Our last running dog for the day of this series was dog #51. AFC Laguna Creek’s First Mate, “Sailor,” LM, owned and handled by Sonya Harrigfeld-Jackson. They came to the line at 5:22 pm, she completed the test, and the day was called at 5:32 pm.

Monday morning we will continue running Series 3 and 4 with Dog #52 to start.

NOTE: There will be no caravan Monday morning back to the Series 3 & 4 site!
One test dog will run at 6:30 am and then we will have our first running dog start shortly thereafter.

That's a Wrap for Today, Good Night Everyone!