LMHRC upland pics

[quackaddict2]

:clap2: well the LMHRC held it's first upland hunt today,thanks to everyone who attended and all who helped out.together you made it a sucsess:bf_new: [and a great day out]:nice work:

here are a few pics from the day

a major cog in the wheels of organization of the day LETS GIVE IT UP FOR RANDY:clap2: and also Doug who let us use his farm:clap2::nice work:

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Randy's main partner in crime jerry:jerry: pictured here with my buddy Al:bigrin

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zinger man himself with zinger junior:cool__1:

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a couple of heavies with the HRC in region1 Dean and Bob,also pictured kevin who judged with Dean.oh and there's Henry the old dutch fart[love ya man!!!!!]smiliesex:

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i didn't forget about you Duane:bigrin

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[3 black dogs]

Nice Pics Al Just one error the gentleman in the picture with Randy and also the land owner is MR Doug Guest. I was by for a little bit but you guy's looked really busy.

Chris

[quackaddict2]

now for the main story of the day LETS GIVE IT UP FOR LIZ and her toller:clap2: the first toller to earn an upland tittle in the HRC in Canada:bf_new:

[and i was there:cool__1:]



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big time helper,all round stud muffin,and generally pretty cool guy Mario:nice work:

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great help and regular annie oakley Jeff:nice work:

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there with the comic relief the quack himself:cheesy:

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now there's my 2 favorite girls:redface: [love you guys]

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ya all know these 2,thanks for the help tim:nice work:

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i know i've missed some[certainly not intentional]ya got to be in one of the group pics somewhere Scot or anyone else i may have over looked
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[quackaddict2]

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[nimkii]

:kewlpics: Nice pics, hopefully Liz will be out tomorrow with LOHRC for some congrats. Thanks for sharing the pics...

[2labs]

Great pics Al . 2labs (mario)

[Drew Good]

:kewlpics: Al !!!!!

Looks like it was a great day!

Drew

[just chessies]

Hey I recognize a few of those faces :bigrin great pictures thanks for sharing

[Kevin Hannah]

Great pic's Al, looks like you had a good turnout and a great day.

Kevin

[rleclair]

I just wanted to say "EXTREME THANKS" to Quack (Al).

He did not stop all day - was planting birds, ran his dog, AND took these great pictures.

If every club had members like this, it would make things a whole lot easier.

Thanks again!!

[Mike Bons]

:kewlpics: Great work!!

[Labber]

Al is just like that in training too! Except when he's fixing his hair.:spoton:

[quackaddict2]

:cheesy: BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! hey wait a minute,what hair? :sad1:

[Zingerman]

I second Randys reply. The day was a huge success with the weather cooperating and the birds flushing. I can't say enough about the efforts that Randy and Gerry put into making this work. These guys worked your tail off to get ready for Saturday and then turned around and repeated it on Sunday at the Luther Marsh HRC training day over at Valens. So much for a relaxing weekend!!! Thanks to Jeff Flanagan who coordinated the setup of the Sunday training day and to the many "grunts" who sacrificed their day to put on a barn burner of a day.

[sterregold]

:nice work: I've got to give a big kudos to the club for putting on a great test day. I had fun at my very first HRC event, despite that fluffy dog of mine being unable to control himself when faced with a crumpling-in-the-air chukar, or my incident with the flaming popper. Who knew that "Holy S--t!" sounds so like Winter's release!!!
We'll be trying this again--after I have played with my dog's brain with a whole field full of flushing birds and a little, umm, electronic work on control!

[rleclair]

:nice work: I've got to give a big kudos to the club for putting on a great test day. I had fun at my very first HRC event, despite that fluffy dog of mine being unable to control himself when faced with a crumpling-in-the-air chukar, or my incident with the flaming popper. Who knew that "Holy S--t!" sounds so like Winter's release!!!


Geez Shelly - in that first test I thought they were going to make you walk to London! In the second test, I thought you guys had it in the bag until that last bird!!

Randy

[sterregold]

Geez Shelly - in that first test I thought they were going to make you walk to London! In the second test, I thought you guys had it in the bag until that last bird!!

Randy

Ha Ha! The failure in the first test was easier to take than the second. The birds just weren't co-operating, and dems da breaks. But the second one, when he was seconds from passing...that one hurt!!!:doh:

[Maverick]

Looks like a great turn out. Good pictures.
Now I have to ask what is expected at an Upland test in HRC?
How is the test run and is there different levels for different age dogs?
Congrats to all who participated and had a good day out with the dogs and friends.

Mav.....

[rleclair]

Now I have to ask what is expected at an Upland test in HRC?
How is the test run and is there different levels for different age dogs?


This is a test for all retriever breeds. There is no segregation for age or type of dog. All breeds and ages run the same test.

The test is run on a single standard for all dogs - very simply, the judges will be looking for:

1. Walk-up with honour - two dogs and two handlers walk-up with dogs at heel - a (dead) bird will be thrown from a winger and both handlers will shoot at it. Dogs should be steady and sit on "flush" and shot. One dog will be asked to retrieve the bird while the other dog must honour.

One dog will return to the blind and the other will carry on to the "live" bird test. This "working dog" is expected to:

1. Quartering within range - is the dog hunting and working with the handler as a team.

2. Sit on the Flush - whistle and/or voice command can be used.

3. Steady to Shot - handler will fire a "popper" load and the dog should remain steady. Two live gunners will also shoot and attempt to kill the live bird. Dog should remain steady through all this shooting.

4. Retrieve - if the bird is taken by the live shooters, the working dog is expected to make the retrieve. If the bird is not taken, no retrieve is required.

The live bird flush and shot is repeated a second time.

The judges are really looking for the steadiness of the dog on the flush and shot.

That is basically the test (without going into too much detail).

We were able to put through 20 handler/dogs in the morning (one test), and we had another 19 handlers in the afternoon (second separate test).

Each test that is passed, the handler/dog earns a ribbon and points toward a title. Pass four of these tests and you earn the "Upland Hunter" (UH) title on your dog.

Randy

[Maverick]

Thanks HRC,

I think I saw a test similar to that on TV a few years back.
Sounds like a great day out with the dogs.

Mav....

[yellowlab04]

great pics now i relly wish i was there thanks al