Day Two - In The Books

 We started the second day of the NRDC Championship with 29 dogs starting and at 7:59 am dog #18 coming to the line to start the 3rd Series a Land Double with two pheasants. We had the gun change for this series after dog #32. We made it through this series with no handles, pick ups, no bird/re-runs. The series concluded at 10:17 am. Callbacks came in shortly after the end of the series, with 27 dogs being callback to the 4th Series. Dogs # 1 & 11 were dropped.

The 4th Series, a Water Series with two drakes started after a bit of a delay due to a test change. Dog #26 came to the line at 11:48 am. However, another short delayed while the gunners had to get a live duck off the test site pond. We got back to running the dogs at 12:02 pm. We got through are first 13 running dogs before our gun change at 1:36 am. We completed the 4th Series and the second day after 7.5 hours of being in the field at 3:32 pm, We ended the series with 2 needing assistance and 1 pick up. Callbacks came in again quickly after the series was completed with 24 dogs being called and 3 dropped which were #11, 17 & 24.

It was announced that the test dogs we will called to the line tomorrow morning at 7:45 am with the first running dog #9 to start the 5th Series at 8:00 am.

Day 2 - Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Good Morning from Sedalia, MO, home of the 2020 National Retriever Derby Club Championship on the beautiful property of Bob & Barbara Hayden's Wood Dale Farms. 

With day one in the books, we completed two series. Series One, Double Land with two roosters, started with dog #2 coming to the line at 8:17 am. We completed the series at 10:58 am calling back 31 dogs, one being dropped. 

The second series, Water Double with two ducks, started at 11:58 am with dog # 10 coming to the line. This series ended with two dogs being dropped and 29 callbacks. The end of series two also brought the end of our day at 3:11 pm.

The National started with a brisk morning but warming up nicely. The wind became a bit of an issue earlier in the day with having gusts of over 15 mph. All in all, it was a great day to be in the field with these amazing derby dogs.

Today, we will start the third series with the test dogs being called to the line at 7:45 am and the first running dog #18 at 8:00 am. 

The weather is just going to continue to get warmer. We are at 55 degrees, with a high of 78. However, the wind continues to be an issue as we are experiencing high winds coming in from the SW at 15 mph. We will see if this will affect the dog work.

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