77. FC Farmer's No Insurance “Dealer” LM, Tim Milligan

Flyer: good mark

SR: straight to the bird

LR: very nice

RR: kept right of the mounds then went left of the holding blinds and over to the bird

Back To The Line....71. FC-AFC Third Creek's Big Stick “Woody” LM, Paul Knutson

Flyer: put up a hunt near the gunners and then worked over to the bird

SR: went to the right of the brush then got to the holding blind then hunted deep and Paul Handled back over to the bird clean

RR: nice mark

LR: took off over the top of the mounds and straight to the bird.

76. FC-AFC Trumarc's Hollandaise “Holland” LM, Danny Farme

Flyer: excellent

SR: perfect

LR: went out over the 1st mound then left of the holding blind and curved over to the bird

RR: went over the right edge of all three mounds to the holding blind then to the bird for a nice mark

Judy Aycock & Danny Farmer confer after the test.

74. FC Seaside's Kingfish “King” LM, Mark Medford

Flyer: tumble on the way to the bird but kept his mark 

SR: stepped on it

LR: went to the holding blind and turned to pick up the bird

RR: took off a bit wide left then corrected to the holding blind and then out to the bird

Test Conditions

Well the weather man was calling for winds out of the Southwest but the wind is blowing from the North and Northeast giving us the same test we had yesterday morning.  It is easy to see by the dog work and No-Birds that the luck of running yesterday verses today has not given any dog an advantage over another.

67. FC-AFC Big Alfonse Capone Of Mo-Kan “Al” LM, Bill Eckett

Al came up to the line locked on the Flyer.

Flyer: smacked it.

SR: went left of the brush then over to the holding blind then hunted and work his way over to the bird

LR: nice line at the holding blind set up a hunt then looked to be getting close to the RR and Bill gave Al a Handle to the bird.

RR: went over the 1st two mounds and out to the area made a couple passes and picked up the bird

No-Bird 66. Beadle's Turbo Nina “Nina” LF, Wayne Curtis

will go back six dogs 

73. FC Catalina's Trumarc “Trudi” LF, Rob Erhardt

Flyer: nice 

RR: sent for SR went left of brush pile and head for the RR and went straight to it

LR: hunted around mound and then out to the bird

SR: went over the mound put up a  hunt and Rob Handled to the bird.

No-Bird 71. FC-AFC Third Creek's Big Stick “Woody” LM, Paul Knutson

Flyer: No-Bird, the flyer hooked toward the gallery and the hen pheasant landed near the holding blinds of the competing dogs. Where the marshals surrounded the pheasant and grabbed it. Woody will go back six dogs.

Test Dog 5th Series Day 2

Test Dog this am was Hannah handled by Marshall Stone came to the line at 6:50 am to lead off the day 2 of the 5th series of the 2012 Nationals. NB on the test dog. One gun did not go off -- that is one of the jobs of a test dog -- help iron out any problems with mechanics.

At 6:53 am the test was shot for the test dog.

Flyer: was a perfect mark

SR: put up a small hunt. The Judges asked him to handle to expedite the test.

RR: line to the bird hitting all 3 mounds & Hannah did another perfect mark.

LR: took the line out to the left of the holding blind and curved back straight to the bird

The sun rises behind us.

Good Morning

Today we are finishing up the 5th Series of the National Open.  The Judges have gotten a lot of answers out of this test.  As many saw yesterday a slight wind and lighting conditions drastically changed the success rate for completing this excellent test.  Today we stepped out the door to cool temps of 38 degrees calling for it to warm up to 67.  The wind is currently out of the Southwest which puts it directly in our face for this mornings competitors. There is no telling what the dogs are going to do now.  Stay tuned as the excitement continues and will bring us into the 6th Series this afternoon. Thanks for following. Enjoy!!!

Check out the link to the Fifth Series on the left side of the page to see the test description, photos, diagrams and video shot yesterday.

Workers' Party

We all gathered in Bill Barkley's Party Barn outside of Montgomery for an evening of camaraderie. As the sun set, the chill set in, but inside and out, this place was warm. There were good friends to talk to and socialize with under propane heaters in this magnificent party room and a bonfire outside to warm up you up. There were door prizes for all donated by our Sponsors and people arrived to receive a ticket and found the corresponding items they had won as prizes. The dinner was created by Phil's and the entertainment was provided by Doug Boggs and the Cowboy Jazz Band. Steve Carr thanked all of the Sponsors of the National Open including Chris Chantland, Kent Cartridge and Dogtra, as well as other Sponsors who were present to accept their awards including Warner Smith from Tritronics, Dean Reinke from Purina, David Carrington from Avery and Rick Dirmeyer from Eukanuba. Thank You to One and ALL! Please enjoy the following photos and videos....

Doug Boggs and the Cowboy Jazz Band

Suzan Caire & Wayne Stupka

Larry Morgan & Gary Zellner

John & Suzan Caire Dance the night away...

Celebrating 60 Years Together!

Rick & Lo Dirmeyer of Eukanuba

David Colwell & Loren Morehouse

Tera Lanczak and Dennis & Mary Lou Bath

Terri & Wayne Curtis

David Carrington of Avery & Bob West of Purina

Tera Lanczak & David Colwell

Bill Barkley announces that dinner is ready!

 Diane & Brad Clow

Dennis & Mary Lou Bath

Goodnight!

End Of The Day

The test concluded at 5:45 pm the sun had already set and the last dog was returning with the last bird at dusk. 

The test dog will run tomorrow at 6:45 am and the first competing dog will run at 7:00 am
The running order will be 71,73,66,67,74,76....

70. FC Citori's No Holds Barred “Freedom” LF, Bill Sargenti

Flyer: nice mark
SR: went in under the arc put up a small hunt and to the bird
RR: got it clean

LR: smacked it

69. FC-AFC Waterdogs Iron Diva “Diva” LF, John Stracka

Flyer: nice mark
RR:sent for SR but picked up the RR quick and marked it well
LR: great mark

SR: drilled it. Good dog.

68. FC-AFC Candlewood GoldenDaze Louie “Louie” LM, Chuck Schweikert

Flyer: nice
SR: tumbled on the way out but had a good mark on the bird
LR: got to the area put up a tiny hunt and got it
RR: went over the second mound pushed off left  toward the LR and Chuck Handled Louie to the bird clean

No-Bird 67. FC-AFC Big Alfonse Capone Of Mo-Kan “Al” LM, Bill Eckett

will run tomorrow as the 4th dog.

No-Bird 66. Beadle's Turbo Nina “Nina” LF, Wayne Curtis

will run tomorrow as the 3rd dog.

65. FC-AFC Huntersbest Sapphire Jubilee “Jacki” LF, John Henninger

Flyer: nice
SR: went out left of the holding blind then to the brush and over to the bird
RR:hit it hard
LR:excellent mark

64. FC-AFC Kimber VIII “Kimber” LF, Jerry Patopea

Flyer: long flyer and dog made a nice mark
SR:went in between the gun station and the bird, then hunted the holding blind then went to the area left the area to punch deep and then Jerry handled Kimber to the bird clean
LR:began wide left traveled deep of the bird and worked her way back to bird quickly
RR: traveled up the middle hit the top of the last mound made a big circle and finally worked back to the bird