"It was the Finals Day at the Wildfowlers Gundog Training classes yesterday... June decided to come as well, as she had been to a few classes, and wanted to see how Poppy competed... We all registered,and were all given numbers - pretty formal! Poppy did pretty well, I thought, stopping on the whistle, being directed.
"The judges then called back two dogs for a runoff-- Poppy was one! There was a toss- up for a first runoff, and the Judges marked them equally... so they set a more difficult task, and we tossed again for first try.
"The other guy, with an 18- month old, huge, yellow dog, was a professional "picker up" on shoots, and won the toss, so went first. His dog missed the long- distance dummy, thrown over a ditch with a pistol shot, into long cover... waiting patiently, and steadily, Poppy , 15 months, marked hers perfectly, went straight to it, but lost it in the cover. I stopped her on the whistle, sent her to the spot, she made a perfect retrieve, and was adjudged "FIRST!".
"Only time I have entered a dog into a working test, and she won !! I have a trophy for the year, a bag of Skinners dog food, and a plastic trophy to keep, but it might as well been solid gold!! Bit like winning the Olympics!!"
I must scan some pix of John here in the "old days".
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I must scan some pix of John here in the "old days".
Oh Dear!! - only kidding ..... interesting to see??
JohnnyUK
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