The lovely sunshine suggested spring is here and we very much appreciated Mr & Mrs Burridge, the Dexford Shoot and Mr Phil Odling allowing us to use the ground
Our Trainers for the day were Dave Haycock, Charlie Albone, Sue Hales-Lowe and Vicki Strawson. After a good morning’s training we had lunch and enjoyed three tests for each group in the afternoon’s informal match.
Test 1
Puppy – a dummy was thrown to the right on a track of short grass. The puppy was sent and, when it returned, a dummy was thrown to the left for the puppy to retrieve.
Novice 1 had a double mark with shot. The dog had to pick the last dummy down first
Novice 2 also had a double mark, with shot, at a greater distance than for novice 1. This time, the first dummy down was picked first.
Open dogs did the same test as novice 2, but the distances were greater.
Test 2
This was a marked retrieve with the dummy replaced as the dog returned to the handler. The distances were increased for each more experienced class.
Test 3
Puppy had a walk up with a mark and one in the same place
Novice 1 had a 2 dog walk up with each dog having 2 marks.
The Novice 2 test was a 2-dog walk up. A mark was thrown, but the first dog was sent for a blind on top of the bank. The second dog collected the mark. Dogs then swapped places and the test was repeated.
Open dogs repeated the Novice 2 test over a greater distance.
PUPPY
1st Winnie handled by Mary Craig
2nd` Earl handled by Julie Campbell
NOVICE 1
1st Oakley handled by Sara Briggs Young
2nd Clemmie handled by Christine Southern
3rd Bertie handled by Jane Lidster
NOVICE 2
1st Hoover handled by Penny Marriner
2nd Rowan handled by Sarah Skelton
3rd Rogue handled by Jessica Burrows
OPEN
1st Bucatini handled by Tina Bateman
2nd Kia handled by Alison Cook