Came to the line at 9:08 am
F - Straight to the area and then located her bird
RR - Out through the right side of the channel - right of the wood bridge to the water - over the island and out to her bird
M - Across the channel - crossed the road - ran the base of the hill to the end - turned right and went to the fall area and got it
Came to the line at 8:57 am
F - Right on it!
RR - Through the channels - into the pond - came out and turned and grabbed her bird
M - Through the channel - a great line across the road and into the big pond - swam to the end - got out and got her bird! Great job!
Came to the line at 8:47 am
F - Short hunt and she came up with her bird
M - Took a line out to the left - came back around and behind the gunners and located her bird
RR - Through the channels - into the pond - over the island and straight to the bird! Nice mark.
Came to the line at 8:40 am
F - Got it!
RR - Followed the channel out on the right - went right of the wooden bridge - her line moved a little right but held it to the far shore to the area - turned left and she was on her bird
M - Into the channel and then up and out - ran the left side of the road to the end - circled behind the guns and then back left - had a few turns at the end - lost sight of her for a second and then she had her bird and was on her way back in
Came to the line at 8:30 am
F - Nice job!
RR - Into the channel - up and parallel to the road - took a hard right into the pond - swam to the right shore and got her bird
M - Straight out by land and ran to the end - turned right and got it
Came to the line at 8:18 am
F - Nailed it!
M - Into the channels - into the pond - got out on the peninsula and then back in - out at the road - in and out one more time before taking the road to get her bird
RR - Through the channels and swam the pond - got out and headed right - hunted the cover before coming back around to find the bird on the peninsula
Came to the line at 8:10 am
F - Straight to it!
RR - Good line out - into the water and swam right to it - nice job!
M - Out and into the water - crossed the road to the left - came back around to quickly get his bird
Came to the line at 8:03 am
F - Into the bowl and back out with her bird
RR - Crossed through the cover and water and quickly located her bird
M - Out behind the flyer - angled in across the end of the pond and went to the bird
Came to the line at 7:51 am
F - Right out to the fall area and the bird
M - Down into the channel - up and around by land - back into the water at the far end and straight to his bird
RR - Excellent line out - off the island and took a right instead of a left - had a small hunt and then turned and got it
Came to the line at 7:40 am
F - Small hunt and he came up with his bird
RR - Through both channels - into the pond - out of the water and headed right - hunted the cover before turning back in and locating his bird
M - Into the water - and across the road to take a line to the left - worked it out and came back around past the gunners and got his bird
Came to the line at 7:22 am
F - Short hunt and he got it!
M - Through the channels - into the far pond - swam straight out and up on the land to grab his bird.
RR - There was interference in the field on this bird - he will be back for a ReRun at the end ...
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| Our 2026 NARC Judges - Jerry Younglove, Dave Fregelette and Phil Heye |
Came to the line at 7:12 am
F - Straight to it!
RR - Down through the s shaped channel - right of the wooden bridge - right at the pond to the edge and down the levee to the bird
M - Headed towards the flyer area - wide left - handler attempted to handle him - trying to move him right but he continued going out wide left - got very deep and could not change his mind about it! Dog was picked up
Came to the line at 6:57 am
F - This was a long bird - he went out across the bowl and went up on the far rim - got it
M - Ran wide right across the grassy field - turned left at the island and swam to the far end with stand out guns - got the Middle Bird - but he went and came back in on the correct line to the RR mark ...
RR - No Go on 1st attempt - then he went out wide to the fence - turned left and went out of sight - had to be handled to this bird
Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to the 3rd day of the 2026 National Amateur Retriever Championship!
This morning we are continuing the 3rd series Water Triple with 24 more dogs to run still. A single test dog is running and then we will be back to our running order to complete this test!
The weather this morning is starting us out with little relief over night from the very warm temps - currently at 60 degrees with expected highs in the upper 90s this afternoon. There is very little breeze, and it is partly cloudy skies.We have a heat advisory again for today, so we will be taking precautions for the dogs safety. As usual, we will keep you posted on developing conditions as the day goes on! For now, stay tuned and keep cool as we prepare to resume the 3rd Series.
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Good Luck to all the teams this morning!
Day 2 ended at 4:48 pm (PST)
We will resume the 3rd Series on Monday morning
Single test dog at 6:30 am
1st Running dog at 7:00 am
We will start with dog #38
Tomorrow we will complete Test 3 and then do Test 4 Blind here at the same location.
Have a great night everyone!
Came to the line at 4:36 pm
F - Out to the area and directly to her bird
M - Went out through the right side of the channel - veering right as she got to the water - up and over the island - swimming over to the long gun - SMACK!
RR - Ran right - out across the field towards the bird - got to the fence and started up and back - was handled to this bird
Came to the line at 4:20 pm
F - Off the mound and through the channel - up on land and made a small circle over to his flyer
RR - Across the field to the right - into the channel and onto the point - off the point and into the water - over the island - a small loop and he got it
M - Down the hill - angled entry into the channel - out and down the road - back in to the water and then up and out to his bird
Came to the line at 4:12 pm
F - Off the mound and through the channel - looped to the right hunting and circling back and forth until she found her bird
RR - Out right past the bridge - into the water - up and out on the point and over to the bird
M - Off the mound and straight into the channel on the road to the left - back up on the road deep past the gun station to the end of the pond and then onto the bird
Came to the line at 4:00 pm
F - Straight to it!
M - Down the channel to the right of the wood bridge into the pond - swimming straight towards the long gunners - came out right on the middle bird
RR - Ran through the field towards the retired guns - came to the fall area and couldn't commit - she did finally work it out and found it
Came to the line at 3:52 pm
F - Right to it!
M - He ended up right at his bird - but we could not see his path there
RR - Down and out on the left - but corrected his line and got the RR bird
Came back to the line for a rerun
F - Off the mound through the channel - up and circled to the bird
M - Out to the left on land - through the channel on the point - back into the water - right over the island - turned left and out towards the middle gun and got the Middle bird
RR - Angled into the channel - out left of the bridge - into the pond - to the right - out onto the point and to her bird. Got it.
Came to the line at 3:28 pm
F - Off the mount - through the channel - up on land and to the bird
RR - Off the mound - angled into water left of the bridge staying left and back into the water - moved right - out of the water and he got his right retired bird
M - Down the mound into the channel - out to the left of the road - back to the bird and got it
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| 2026 NARC Judges - Jerry Younglove, Don Fregelette and Phil Heye |
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| Test Dog "Gauge" with Julie Cole |
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| Test Dog "Valley" with handler Joel Bodenman |
