Series Six and Seven
The mat is facing north over a
rolling field that's on the right and a pond to the handler's left. The
field on the right is framed by mature yellow pines. It's striped with
native grasses, and there is a road along the pond that runs between the
land and pond.Test Six – Land Blind
The
line skims along the side of taller cover. The dog progresses left of a
hay bale laying at the right edge of a mowed path. It goes up the mowed
strip to a rooster pheasant 70 yards from the line.
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| Land Blind – 70 yards |
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| Land Blind – Close-up |
Test Seven – Water Blind
From
the same mat, the dog is sent toward the pond. They'll cross the road,
go left of the hay bale near the shore, and enter the water. They'll
angle across the cove to hit the end of a point. Then, they'll re-enter
the water to swim to a second point where they'll take a larger piece of
this point to angle through another corner of water to reach the duck
on the far shore 175 yards from the line.
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| Water Blind – 175 yards |
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| Water Blind – Close-up |
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| Sketch of the Sixth and Seventh Series by Jean Wu |
