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FLIGHT B – SERIES 3

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SERIES 3 – "Hair of the Dog"

Monday, May 17, 2021:
There where 80 dogs called back to the Third Series: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 and  96.

There were six dogs dropped: 23, 34, 35, 49, 83 and 72A. 
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Series 3 Test Description: (Flight B)
MAI Flight B Series 3
SFMRG Area 4 – Rock Bridge
Land/Water Triple with Water Blind and an Honor
Test Name by the Judges: “Hair of the Dog”
Monday, May 17th - Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

  
In front of the judge’s table, a one-person duck blind has been constructed. The handler and dog enter the blind from the back. The front of the blind opens north to an area of the pond filled with several dead tree stumps. With shotgun in hand, the handler sits on a bucket with his or her hunting companion at their side. When they are ready, the handler signals. The judges call for first mark which lands 49 yards straight across the pond just on the shore. This bird is thrown from a tree down the shore and to the right of where the bird lands. 

Next is the long middle mark. Located across the end of the cove, this duck is thrown to the left and approximately a quarter of the way up a slight hill and across an ATV trail landing at 108 yards. The judges then call for the third mark which is located to the handler’s left. This mark is thrown to the left from a tree that is at the very end of the pond 63 yards from the line. After the third mark lands, the judges ask the handler to re-heel their dog if needed. If this is the case, the handler must re-heel the dog while remaining seated on the bucket. Once the handler is released to send the dog, the handler may either send from the seated position or stand.

Upon returning from the last retrieve, a blind planter from the same blind in which the first bird is thrown places the blind. This blind is located to the handler’s right, across the stump pond just to the right of a very small point that is covered with a  bit of sedge grass. This small point is causing some suction for a majority of the dogs.  After completing the blind, the handler receives the dog in the honor box located to the left and about seven yards behind the working dog.


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Flight B Judge Rich Ellis is all smiles today!
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Flight B Series 3 - Bonnie Cuddihy and "Java"
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Flight B Series 3 Ellison and "Splash "
Test Diagram by Roy Geberth  – ​Judge and Handler Team photos above by Kelley Hall

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