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Monday, June 15, 2009

Anonymous Quotes

...From the gallery regarding this blind

1) Tough blind, but I feel that in a National AMATEUR, as opposed to a National OPEN, when the dog does the blind well, he should get the bird when he gets close to it. At least in the early blinds of the National, which this is...

2) Are we testing the dog's abilities or the handler's eyesight?

3) It has a beginning, a middle, and an end, kind of ticky-tacky but you know where you should be, and overall it's about what you'd expect at this stage of the National. 

4) My dog is so big that if he gets in the water out there I don't think any water will be left. 

5) I just want my dog to do it. 

6) Wish there was a marker out there.

7) Gotta stay on your toes for this one all the way through, and don't be afraid to blow that whistle. Don't save a cast on this blind or you might be going home.

 


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