Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Offline Drill, Blinds, Marks

AM: Oaks Area 1

SERIES A. Offline drill, 80-yard segments (Laddie only)

Laddie needed only the minimum handling, a single WSC for the two offline blinds.

SERIES B. Triple blind (Laddie, then Lumi)

First was the left blind at 120 yards. Second blind was the right blind at 200 yards. Third was the center blind at 240 yards, perhaps the longest we've run at Oaks.

The diversion for Series B was a small herd of deer between the center and right blinds.

Both dogs handled well, requiring no callbacks or pickups.

PM: Oaks Area 3

SERIES C. Land Double (both dogs)

With limited time, I thought the dogs would enjoy running some marks, so I took the opportunity to give them some experience with a convergent picture.

Both marks were stand-ins (streamers attached to carriage bolts) "thrown" by RLs so that they would land near pre-positioned ducks.

The first was thrown left to right at 90 yards. The second was thrown right to left at 50 yards. The line to the go-bird was slightly to the right of the line to the memory-bird. Both launchers and the line to both falls was thru a keyhole formed by two trees at 30 yards.

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