When the handler completes the three marks, the team will then run the water blind. The line to the blind is straight out from the mat into the water. The dog must stay in the water and swim close to the shore to retriever the blind planted approximately 85 yards from the line on the edge of the right-hand pond. At the end of the test, there is an honor to the right of the working dog.
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| The credit for the test diagrams goes to Terry Elliot – Thank you, Terry! |
B – "Three in the Air" is a Land/Water Triple with a Water Blind and an Honor. The mat faces a spit of land that has water on both sides. The far end of the spit connects with a large sloping field. Upon the Judge's signal, the handler heals the dog emerging from the holding blind and sits the dog in front of the holding blind and then the handler retreats back into the blind – a "remote sit." The first bird thrown to the left comes from the far right corner of the left hand pond. This bird lands in the water close to shore in the middle of a peninsula 83 yards from the line. At the end of the spit on the far shore of the left-hand pond, a dead drake is thrown to the left, landing in the water near a patch of reeds and a group of geese and mallard decoys 61 yards out. The bird station for bird #3 is at the far end of the land bridge throwing from the far left corner of the pond down the shore to the right. This duck lands on the far shore 51 yards from the line.
After all three birds are retrieved, the handler lines the dog up for a blind. The line to the 50 yard blind is under the arc of the last bird down. Cutting the left corner of the right side pond, the blind is picked up on the far shore. At the end of the test, there is an honor to the left of the working dog. This is a long test, taking between 10-11 minutes per dog.
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