5th Series Recap

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – Wednesday, November 12, 2025

5th Series – Land Quad with 2 Flyers and 2 Retired Guns

69 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series on Tuesday morning at 9:57 am, beginning with "Whimsey," handled by Betsy Broyd.and then "Earl," handled by John Higgins. Wednesday morning we just had a single test dog to the line. (Whimsey and Betsy)

The first running dog of this series was #36. FC B&B’S GOSSIP GIRL, “Rumor,” with handler Marc Patton. They came to the line Tuesday morning at 10:26 am and had a No-Bird!

The weather to start this series was cold and sunny/clear skies with temps ranging from the 30's to the mid 50's throughout the test. Winds were consistently around 5-8 mph both days.

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (17): 8 – 13 – 32 – 36(x2) – 44 – 49(x3) – 55 – 77 – 83(x2) – 90 – 92 – 103 – 106
Handles (24): 5 – 7 – 13 – 15 – 21 – 26 – 31 – 33 – 34 – 36 – 39 – 44 – 47 – 55 – 58 – 59 – 60 – 62 –83 – 102 – 104 – 106 – 107  – 108
Double Handles (5): 10 – 11 – 32 – 56 – 92

Pick-Ups (15): 8 – 22 – 28 – 35 – 41 – 49 – 50 – 52 – 64 – 71 – 76 – 79 – 97 – 99 – 105

Scratches (0): 

Our last running dog for this Series was dog #35. FC-AFC ATLASTA PRAYER, “Faith,” with handler Bruce Ahlers. They completed the test at 2:33 pm.

69 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 13 hours and 26 minutes, which averages out to be just over 11.5 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 6th Series next! Callbacks to come - we will post them on the blog as soon as we have them!