2010 NRC Blog

Time spent on the road with long hours in driving and campaigning these dogs is only part of what it takes to produce successful winners in ...

My favorite--Emotions Run High Paul and Boo--Taking in congratulatory wishes from all directions At Winner's Party--Gwen Jone...

DOG NUMBER 23, Paul Sletten and Boo!

L to R, #11-Ty Rorem & Cutter; #19 & #86-Danny Farmer with Tia & Marley; #23-Paul Sletten & Boo; #45-Steve Yozamp & Pe...

... and we regroup for the Award Presentation...

Viggi hunted the flyer on the left. He followed that up with an excellent mark on the right flyer and has just scooped up the right retired....

... Good flyer on left. Pete hunted a bit on the right flyer. Went up left on the hill and around hunting and got the long retired and is no...

... by Lynne DuBose. #72. Got the go-flyer. Hunted on the right flyer back behind gun to the line to the right retired, but this was done qu...

... Has the go-bird and just had a hunt on the short flyer... Nice right retired. Nice long retired!

... has two really nice flyers in the books... Short hunt on long retired, and then, Weezer went right and through the trees for the right r...

... Has the first flyer handily. Nice job on the right retired. Cutter is right up through the field, has reached the wood line. Now, arou...

... She's on line. She's got two flyers clean. Now, she's putting on a fairly large hunt for the long left retired bird, and a...

... He has two flyers clean. When sent for the right bird he skimmed the back side of the right flyer but then peeled out into the area of t...

The flyer was quite wide out in the test. The gunning/throw station walked out and then the bird ran. They are out in the deep tree line now...

Right-flyer went way wide.

...Currently hunting the go-bird flyer. Now, he's handling on it. That was a tough flyer fall. On the second bird, the right-middle fl...

The parking area is a long way from the line. Danny Farmer came to line with #86 first, but had a no-bird. He's got two dogs in this fin...

... He has three birds. Two small hunts on flyers and a few little loops on the right retired... and now a nice job on the long retired. Way...

#88, owned by Benjy Griffith and handled by Al Arthur. He's got the go-bird flyer and is having a hunt on the right-middle flyer. Now,...

...It's 1:32 p.m., and the first dog is #86, Marley with Danny Farmer. No Bird on the Short Flyer

We're about to find out...

Mark Medford and Mollie Bobby Smith and Pride

Here's a cameo photo... and, good luck! Ty and Dave Rorem

11, 19, 23, 25, 45, 47, 52, 56, 72, 75, 86, 88 DOG #86 STARTS

... Here are two of our sport's finest people. May I present to you Lee and Marjorie Broussard, friends for over three decades... and su...

... #56, Sledge, has the flyer. Currently he is splitting the difference between the two birds on the far shore. He is currently hunting ar...

... on line, and Ali, #25, has the flyer. Then, went almost to the left bird by water, took a hard right and wound up with the middle bird...

... Inca swam to the far shore and made it back into the flyer, then got the left bird nicely. However, he headed back for the middle bird ...

... #19 and Danny Farmer, what a nice job!

... Good flyer, time on the dike for the left bird and then up near the gun and hunted before he got it and went nearly straight to the midd...

... #11 to the line. And they do a nice job, good flyer and then just outside the left bird to it, and similarly for the middle bird. Nice...

... for #56, Sledge and Connie Swanson.

#88, Pow got the flyer nicely, and then landed just outside the left bird to turn and pick it up. He went just inside the middle bird to get...

... #86, her middle bird landed breast up, shining like a white beacon on the other side of the pond. She got her flyer, and then bailed in ...

... He ran down to the flyer and then jumped in for it when about even with it... and then on the left bird, he swam a bit and then got out ...

...with Jerry Lee, #72. She has the flyer. Jerry Lee got the middle bird second by landing just to the right of the left bird and then wor...

... She has the outside two birds, but when sent for the middle bird, she headed down the middle of the pond, slightly right and at an angle...

... Went sent for it, Billie split the difference between it and the middle bird that is on the opposite shore, and began angling across the...

on the flyer, for Sledge and Connie Swanson

... #52 with Ray Voigt. Got the flyer and then the left bird. For the latter, he got out inside the bird and went down the bank several yard...

... Tie (Dave Rorem) has the flyer and the middle bird. He now has just done very nicely on the left bird. Good job!

... Pete, #45, went to the left and below the embankment of the pond dam and was handled by Steve Yozamp from there.

... the guns have just gone off for #45. Test nine is off and running...

... Have just been summoned to the line.

Fog is still hampering this series. The judges have just asked Announcer Luther Davis to state that this test will now be adjusted and twe...

David Didier is graciously running test dog this morning, but the heavy fog has hampered his work. He handled on the long middle bird, which...

... Out of fifteen remaining teams and throughout two more series of marks, one dog will emerge as the 2010 NFC. You don't think there...

11, 19, 23, 24, 25, 45, 47, 52, 56, 61, 66, 72, 75, 86, 88 DOG NUMBER 45 starts this next test.  FIFTEEN Dogs Back. 6:40 a.m. test dog...

... Will be full in just a few days.

Everyone piled over to the ninth series setup... except National Club President Lee Jolley. There were two major sections of barbed wire fen...

... I may or may not post from there... gathering up all this equipment and need to get things ready for both tests tomorrow. Remember, ther...

... This dog was already judged on his right flyer before he was excused by the judges due to cow interference. On his rerun, he had a good ...

Does very well on this test.

This test is nearly completed. There will be a move to the NINTH TEST. It will be the same hill and pond as the third series water blind. ...

... #88 had a nice job

... nicely for Danny Farmer. She is #86.

... on the middle bird. #57 and David Didier

... For #77, Tucker and Jim Gonia