We attended the Yorkshire Golden Retriever Club Novice/Open Test held at Timble Ings, nr Harrogate. The judges on the day was Mr M Newsam, Mrs M Watmore and Mrs M Pearce, and the chief steward was Mr M Greenwood.
The novice tests in the morning was a double mark - with the designated dummy to be picked first, then a seen with a blind placed off to the right - the seen to be picked first. The third test was a seen then a blind placed in the same area. In the afternoon there was a walk up. Jet completed all of the tests with ease and I didn't have to use the whistle or give a command all day and she only dropped one point all day. She proudly gained 2nd place.
The open tests in the afternoon ran on the same lines but with all of the tests done at long distances. Boss completed test 2 quite well, test 1 also completed but with a bit of handling, and then test 3 - total handler error as I mismarked the retrieves so sent Boss to hold the wrong area. Thats the end of me and Boss for today but will look forward to the next one.
