SERIES FOUR – Water Blind
This Fourth Series Water Blind comprises a long entry to a small
channel of water in which the dog will be out of sight for several
seconds. Once in the channel, the dog should swim down the channel and
cross a point on the left. He will then proceed to the end of the
channel angling out to the left corner to cross the road and cross to
the top of a mound, then proceed to the end of the field where the
mallard drake lays. The hazards to the blind appear to be the right land
shore line and the point when the dog first enters the water.
After watching the first test dog, the judges moved the line up 10 yards toward the water for the 2nd test dog. Then after watching the 2nd test dog, the judges moved the mat back up the hill to the original spot.
The total distance for the blind is 240 yards and it is taking the dogs between 4-5 minutes per dog to complete.
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| 4th Series Water Blind – 240 yards |
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| 4th Series Drone Diagram from Pat Burns of Elite Retrievers |
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| 4th Series Shot of the line from Pat Burns of Elite Retrievers |
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| Sketch of the 4th Series by Cary Hunkel |