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2025 National Retriever Championship Blog

Saturday, November 8, 2025

1st Series Recap

 Saturday, November 8, 2025

1st Series – Land Double with a Retired Gun and a Flyer

106 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series on Saturday morning at 7:02 am, beginning with "Whimsey," handled by Betsy Broyd.and then "Earl," handled by John Higgins.

The first running dog of this series was #64 FC-AFC COOLWATER’S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, “Trump,” with handler Alex Washburn. They came to the line at 7:43 am.


The weather to start this series was 66 degrees with dreary/cloudy skies and a light breeze.

Here is how things turned out for the 1st Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (6): 13 – 14 – 42 – 49(x2) – 77 – 92
Handles (16): 4 – 10 – 17 – 19 – 24 – 27 – 28 – 30 – 43 – 45 – 54 – 61 – 97 – 99 – 103 – 109
Double Handles (0): 
Pick-Ups (7): 14 – 78 – 87 – 95 – 96 – 98 – 100
Scratches (3): 12 – 67 – 75

Our last running dog for this Series was a rerun for dog #
49. FC-AFC WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, “Wilma," with handler Mark Huffman. They completed the test at 4:48 pm.

106 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 9 hours and 5 minutes, which averages out to be just over 5 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 2nd Series Tomorrow! Callbacks to come - we will post them on the blog as soon as we have them! 

Have a great night everyone!

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