Wayne,
You should have stuck around another 30 minutes.
Ran Casey in another (very cool) series just after you left. Similar triples and blind as the first series he ran in, then the triple birds were launched and then there was an "in your face" launch of two birds (15 yards right out in front of the line, with a shotgun blast instead of a blank -- BIG TIME breaking test) and there was an 'honor dog', 10 yards to your right side. The honor dog was then allowed to retrieve othe first of the "in your face" birds -- then the running dog was allowed to pick up the second one -- then run the triple - on the return of the long mark (the one to the left), a diversion bird was thrown (no gun shot) right in front of the dog when the dog was on his way back in, and on the return of the shorter mark (the one out in front), another bird was launched (another shotgun blast) just as the dog was half way to you. Then the dog that just finished running became the honor dog, and the series was run for the next dog. WHEW ! Although those extremely complex tests are a little nerve racking, they are really fun (especially if your dog nails it)

The Spokane Dog folks are a great bunch of people, with an amazing amount of knowledge, and what really makes it nice is that they are more than willing to help people out and give training advice.

See ya next Sunday at the pit.