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Monday, November 10, 2025

2nd Series Recap

Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Monday, November 10, 2005

2nd Series – Land and Water Triple with 2 Retired Guns and a Flyer

96 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series on Sunday morning at 7:10 am, beginning with "Whimsey," handled by Betsy Broyd.and then "Earl," handled by John Higgins. Monday morning we just had a single test dog to the line. (Whimsey and Betsy)

The first running dog of this series was #91 NAFC-FC LABRADOR SPRINGS BLACK TIE AFFAIR, “Tux,” with handler Jack Gwaltney, IIIThey came to the line Sunday morning at 7:38 am.


The weather to start this series started out with temps in the 70's with partly cloudy skies on Sunday and changed over to be cold and sunny on Monday morning with temps in the upper 40's and low 50's to finish up the test. Winds were consistently around 5-8 mph both days.

Here is how things turned out for the 2nd Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (2): 40 – 64
Handles (11): 3 – 6 – 38 – 40 – 42 – 52 – 76 – 77 – 80 – 82 
Double Handles (0): 
Pick-Ups (4): 19 – 27 – 61 – 109 
Scratches (0): 

Our last running dog for this Series was a rerun for dog #
90. FC THIEVEN COUNTRY GRAMMAR, “Nelly,” with handler Mark Smith. They completed the test at 10:49 am.

96 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 12 hours and 56 minutes, which averages out to be just over 8 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 3rd/4th Series next! Callbacks to come - we will post them on the blog as soon as we have them! 

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