2011 NRC Blog

Winner's Party Begins 1:30 p.m. at Ryderz in Oakdale

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Everyone is welcome!

Winner is Dog #71 -- Emmit and Jim Gonia!!!

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Finalists Assemble -- The Gallery Awaits the Winner...

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Quite a gallery!

Finalists

Breaking down this test site...

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and setting up the table area...

Dog #49 on line -- last dog HANDLE

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... Willie has his go-bird flyer.

He's down behind the holding blind on the retired mark... handling to the bird... still down on the flat area. Now he has the bird.

A short hunt and he has the left middle flyer.

On his last bird, and he's got it.

NFC Two Rivers Lucky Willie and Dave Rorem

Dog #70 on line HANDLE

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Piper has the go-bird flyer nicely.

A little hunt around the holding blind for the retired mark and has it, about to deliver.

She is zooming around on her left middle flyer. Now is handling. Piper had a flyer fall on this station that was a pretty tight angle back. She was hunting left and right of it and a bit deep... and then started harder to the right... toward the right middle flyer, when Mark handled. She doesn't yet have the bird. NOW she has it. One bird to go.

Tight few loops and she's into her last bird.

FC Wing Magic's Standpipe Moon and Mark Edwards

A Bird Out Of The Crate...

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... on the right middle flyer.

Here Comes Tiny, #58

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Tiny had a loop and then got the go-bird flyer.

She made a few loops down around the holding blind before picking up the retired mark.

Just a short hunt around her left middle flyer... and she's got it.

Currently she's behind the right middle flyer and is hunting... now she's worked over to the bird and has it.

FC Little Bit Dangerous and John Henninger

Ali, #54 on line

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Ali raced out to his go-bird and is almost back.

He had a tiny hunt right nearly on top of his retired mark.

Another very tight few loops nearly on top of his left middle flyer mark and he's returning now.

Just pretty much went straight to this right middle flyer -- nice job!

FC-AFC Lanes Let's Get Ready To Rumble and Mark Smith

Dog #51 running now HANDLE

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Blue quickly has his go-bird flyer.

After a short hunt on the retired mark, he's coming back with it.

Blue went up the slot between the two middle flyer guns and a bit deep and then turned to commit to the right middle flyer and he went over to that bird. Coming back.

Al Arthur is handling Blue to the left middle flyer. He's got it.

FC-AFC Sara's Blue Streak and Al Arthur

Dog #49 On Line -- NO BIRD

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Dog #84 on line -- Reagan

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Reagan has a short hunt on her go-bird flyer, which fell hard back behind the guns.

She went just inside her retired mark and curved right over to it.

Her left middle flyer was a tight angle back fall and she had a short hunt before coming up with it... did nicely. She's got a wing over her face on her return... can't see.

For her right middle flyer, she went wide right out to the area and then came up the hill and looped around into the bird.

FC-AFC Citori's Vista 40th Pres and Michael Moore

Pete, #31, on line

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He had a hunt on his go-bird flyer and is now coming in with it.

Now has the retired mark with a loop to the bird.

Pete went straight up into his left middle flyer and has it.

And just looped into his right middle flyer.

FC Seaside's Pelican Pete and Steve Yozamp

Dog #71 is on line now...

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Emmit has gone straight to his go-bird flyer.

He went just inside the retired mark, made a quick loop down and right back up to the bird.

Now headed to the left middle flyer and has stepped on it.

And now has curved right into his right middle flyer and his final mark. Nice job!

FC Watermark's Running Back and Jim Gonia

Fizz on line -- Dog #20 HANDLE

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Fizz went straight to his go-bird flyer.

She missed her retired mark on the way over the hill and made a loop down by the holding blind before coming back up to the bird. She's on her way in...

She went down for the left middle flyer behind the gun and looped and then appeared to dig back (toward the back of the right middle flyer station) and Judy handled her to the left middle flyer

For her fourth bird she went between the bird and the gun and a bit deep and then turned and came back down to the bird.

FC-AFC Hardscrabble Carbunnation and handler Judy Rasmuson

Dog #15 -- Moses

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His flyer was good...

Moses went over the hill and right back to his retired mark...

Moses went in front of the gun for his left middle mark and had a tight loop to the bird.

And he went straight on out to his right middle flyer... good job

FC-AFC Drakes Bay Parting of the Sea and Wayne Curtis

Dog #88 to the line -- Pink HANDLE

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Pink has her go-bird flyer and now has stepped on her retired mark...

She went behind the gun on the left middle flyer and had a short hunt just a bit deep of the guns before going to the bird.

Handler Al Arthur has just put the horn on FC-AFC Seaside's Get The Party Started from deep of the right middle flyer and she has her last mark.

Dog #84 Reagan -- NO BIRD

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Diesel--#72 on line

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He has his first bird with a hunt to the left on the hill for his first flyer.

Headed to the retired mark now... short hunt in the area and has it.

On his third bird he went behind the gun of the left standup flyer with a hunt and then over to the bird.

Quickly comes up with his fourth and final mark... FC Premier's RSK Powerstroke and Alan Pleasant

First Dog--#71 NO BIRD

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Second test dog is on the line right now...

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Last Test is a Land Quad

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With three stand up guns and one retired bird... More soon

Contestants are on the line... Test Dog

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The first test dog is on the line right now...

Photographers Molly Schlachter and Laura Owens

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Getting ready at the tenth series

Final preparation...

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