The Seventh Series is a Water Triple with an Honor and 2 Retired. We are overlooking
a large technical pond with John and Laura Parrott’s house way at the far end
high on a hill. The long “Middle Retired” bird is the first bird down. This
dead duck is thrown 45 degrees angle back to the left across a channel landing
on the opposite shore at 205 yards. The three guns retire when the dog is sent
for his first bird. The direct line to the bird is down the slope, across the
pond while taking the tip of a peninsula. Then the dogs must go across land in
medium grassy cover, across a small piece of water to the far shore to get the
bird.
The second bird down is on the left and is a dead duck
thrown to the right at a 45-degree angle back into the water at 105 yards.
Again, these three guns retire – “Left Retired.” The dogs must run down the
slope, swim across the pond, across three peninsulas and back into the far
piece of water to get their bird.
The “Flyer” is on the right of the other marks. It is a duck
shot to the right landing up on the slope of a hillside at 70 yards. The dogs
must run down the slope of the hill, across the water onto the end of a hooked
peninsula and up the hillside slope to get the bird.
After the dog has completed the test, there is an Honor to
the left of the mat. The test is taking just over ten minutes per dog.
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| Left Retired – 105 yards |
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| Middle Retired – 205 yards and the Flyer Station – 70 yards |
