Friday, November 17, 2017

Eighth Series – Water Triple with Two Retired, a Sluice and an Honor

This is the Eighth is a Water Triple with Two Retired, a Sluice and an Honor. The first bird down is a retired gun up the middle. (Middle Retired) This is hen duck thrown to the left at 225 yards. The line to this bird is an angle entry into a channel of water then across a small spit of land. Then a reentry into a pool of water and over a second spit of land. At the far side of this body of water there will be two more reentries into different channels. Then the dog exits the last channel to where the bird lands.

The second bird is Right Retired gun. This is also a hen duck thrown left at 116 yards. The dog should do another angle entry into the water then cross a spit of land and back into the water to retriever the bird.

The final bird is a drake Flyer shot to the left at 49 yards at about a 45 degree angle to the left of the line. It is followed by a sluice. The dog should enter the channel of water go up and over the spit of land and to its bird.

After the completion of the marks, the dog is sent to the honor box. This test takes about 10 - 11 minutes.

Eighth Series Water Triple
1st Bird – Middle Long Retired
2nd Bird – Right Retired Gun

Flyer Gun with Sluice

Flyer Sluice
Courtesy of Pat Burns – Elite Retrievers



Sketch courtesy of Jean Wu