"Whoa Baby" is a Land/Water Triple with a Walk-up and a Diversion Bird. The line is on a hillside facing north with a series of ponds to the left. The wind, although slight at 4 mph is gently blowing right to left. The handler exits the holding blind to the right and as they are walking to the line, a shot is fired for the walk-up bird on the right and the bird is thrown right to left landing in the pond at 40 yards in a slot between some Avery decoys. The next bird requires a 180 degree swing to the left to see the second bird fall into the cover on the hillside at 30 yards. Finally, the flyer is shot to the left landing in cover across the pond and up the hill at 130 yards. The birds can be picked up in order. The diversion bird is about 60 yards from the line to the left of the flyer and called for when the dog is returning from picking up the flyer. This test uses all ducks and takes approximately 9 minutes.
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| The credit for the test diagrams goes to Terry Elliot – Thank you, Terry! |
We arrived at Flight B just as the Test Dogs were running this test. The areas of the fall were scented for the test dogs and so this evened up the field for the early contestants. With consideration to the wind, the diversion bird was thrown close to the shore so it did not float away. If the wind became more of a factor, it would make the walk-up bird more tempting as the scent would travel across the water. This affected a couple of dogs that we watched …
