Arizona NSTRA Regionals Brag

[kninebirddog]

Well I had 6 dogs qualified to run total bummer part was I was unable to run my dogs due to a pretty bad Knee injury I sustained at a trial 2 weeks ago when my knee finally gave out I had gotten my young dog qualified at that trial ,,,,So bob had to run them for me plus the dog he had qualified...so he had 7 dogs to run

So Mollie and Yotie they had after noon braces on the bad field ..they both had a couple birds they did good but not enough
then My new dog smoke he is still transistioning from AKC trials to NSTRA and still needs some work on marking his birds but he ended up 5th place in the one field with 3 bird and a back his poor marking cost him some retrieve points

then Blazer he was 4th place he also had 3 birds and a back but scored better then smoke and the Bullet was 3rd place in the same field he scored better then blazer also having 3 birds and a back

in the other field Picabo had 3 birds and a back and she also was 3rd place

so from the first round of elimination 1/2 hour braces the top 3 dogs from each field went for another elimination round th top two scorers from that second round went on to run an hour final...well unfortunately Bullet and Picabo didn't make the final hour they did how ever place as K Nines Beeline Bullet 2nd R/U and Tucalota Creek Picabo taking 3rd R/U

there was another brittany I am not sure if she was 4 or 5th runner up but 3 brittanys made the top 6 dogs for the AZ regionals a GSP ended up CH and a nice running pudel pointer got R/U
and an eng pointer made top 6 also

the points that Bullet got in the finals was enough to finish his 2nd NSTRA championship title

and also neat thing was having 2 progeny from my breeding that qualified to run one was a bullet picabo pup he did pretty good the gunner missed a couple birds which cost him as today the birds flew well so he still made it in the top 15 score which got him a big bag of pro Plan Performance and the a Bullet Mollie pup Yotie she stll has some to go but she did pretty good and she won't be 2 till the 23rd




So all in all was a pretty good day and a final little brag is this is the 3rd time I have had 2 dogs in the top 6 at the same time

will post picture later when I get a copy ....

[gundogbreeders]

Congrats on the the good NSTRA showing. I am going to watch my first NSTRA trial here in Utah on April 17-19 and see if it is something that me and Annie would enjoy. Sounds like a fun time and a realistic test of hunting skills.

I'll be calling you for some tips when we actually get entered in our first NSTRA event.

I contacted the guy you referred me to. Brad that has that FLying-J Bullet Buddy dog. Hope to see his dog run and meet him face to face in April.

Hope your knee get's healed up.

[kninebirddog]

wear an orange shirt or bring an orange hat...and ride a brace or two

basically dogs have to point hold point to the flush at minimum but the more broke you have them the better it is

then the dog has to retrieve to you

dog has to listen

back if the occasion arises

and the dog has to run and be hunting and looking for birds for 30 minutes


have fun

[huntindog]

Thats great Arlette! Sorry to hear about your knee, We hope you make a speedy recovery.

Martin & Julie