National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Monday, June 20, 2022

5th Series Test Dogs

Test Dogs Came to the line ...

Hooray For Henry, “Henry,” LM, Marion Carey

First up was Henry and Marion ... 

F – Henry ran to the flyer and hunted in running water.

SimF – Headed long to the simulated flyer, hunted a little and found his bird.

LR – Was sent for bird. Tight hunt – ended up handing Henry to the bird.

RR – Charged behind the gun station, back-sided the gun and was handled to the bird.


The test took a Henry just slightly over 10 minutes to complete the test.



FC Semper Mt. Hood Maci, “Maci,” GF, Lee Herskowitz

Next up was Maci with handler Lee ...

F – Went directly to the flyer skirting the running water.

RR – Went to the right retired next, started down the middle and was handled to the bird.

LR – The dog ran to the left of the wooden duck blind then quartered towards the left retired bird. After a short hunt Maci was handled to the bird.

SimF – Maci headed toward the simulated flyer. She took a direct path up the middle and straight to the bird.


The test took Maci a little over 15 minutes to complete this test.