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Monday, June 15, 2009

A Beginning, A Middle And An End...


...this blind has all three. While a few dogs are delivering exceptional initial lines and others are doing well at the start, some are veering to the left or the right. Then, in the middle are the perils of the ditch and the S channels, following by the long run up to the blind with the wind playing havoc all along... 

In the photo, handler Bob Byrum and #62 head up to the line. 

 


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