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Future Yard Hopper goose retriever
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Contributors to this thread:
Paul@thefort 07-May-23
hawkeye in PA 07-May-23
Jaquomo 07-May-23
Rgiesey 07-May-23
Stoneman 07-May-23
Glunt@work 07-May-23
Heat 07-May-23
Quinn @work 07-May-23
btnbuck 07-May-23
t-roy 07-May-23
sitO 07-May-23
BULELK1 08-May-23
pav 08-May-23
Brotsky 08-May-23
goelk 08-May-23
BOWNBIRDHNTR 08-May-23
GhostBird 08-May-23
x-man 08-May-23
ND String Puller 08-May-23
Paul@thefort 08-May-23
Inshart 10-May-23
x-man 10-May-23
Vonfoust 10-May-23
x-man 10-May-23
x-man 10-May-23
Paul@thefort 10-May-23
Bake 10-May-23
deerhunter72 10-May-23
Shuteye 10-May-23
From: Paul@thefort
07-May-23

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Eleven month old Teal did well at his first two, back to back, hunt tests here in Colorado last weekend where mallard ducks were used. There is hope he will be able to handle a bow shot goose this fall during start of the annual Yard Hopper Series. Having fun as usual. Paul and Teal

07-May-23
Congratulations Teal and Dad! He sure is a fine looking pup, and I'm also looking forward to the Yard Hopper Series.

From: Jaquomo
07-May-23
That's awesome, Paul! Congratulations to you both (and Trish for putting up with the two of you)!

From: Rgiesey
07-May-23
He is a good looking dog!

From: Stoneman
07-May-23
Well done Paul & Teal!

From: Glunt@work
07-May-23
Congrats! I'm guessing he will be more than ready to do his part.

From: Heat
07-May-23
Way to go Teal and Paul!

From: Quinn @work
07-May-23
Congrats Paul! What do those 2 ribbons mean? Assuming blue is good?

From: btnbuck
07-May-23
Regal looking pup there!! Looks like you're both having a lot of fun. Many more good times to come! Keep on "keepin on" and we ALL look forward to seeing/hearing about them!

From: t-roy
07-May-23
Looks like both parties are in great shape! Congrats Teal and you as well, Paul!

From: sitO
07-May-23
You two are machines!

From: BULELK1
08-May-23
Them poor geese---->

Congrats Teal & Paul,

Robb

From: pav
08-May-23
Congrats Paul! Good looking pup...and I'm not surprised you are training him very well!

From: Brotsky
08-May-23
Well done young men! Congratulations!

From: goelk
08-May-23
Congrats Teal & Paul

From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
08-May-23
Congrats Paul, that's an awesome picture. I think you are both lucky to have each other. Yard Hoppers Beware!!

From: GhostBird
08-May-23
Congratulations Paul... fine looking puppy. Go get em Teal.

From: x-man
08-May-23
HRC? If so, which chapter? I was a PVHRC member in the early 90's when I lived out there.

08-May-23
That’s awesome Paul…looking forward to your hunting reports!

From: Paul@thefort
08-May-23

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and on land
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and on land
1. the ribbon can be yellow, blue, red. depending on the club and what they order. The three levels of training and Tests, are, 1, Started, 2, Seasoned, and then 3. Finished

In Started, the young dog is required to retrieve, back to back, a single retrieve (dead mallard) out to 40-50 yards. One series on land and then on water. The dog can be lead to the starting line on lead and then released with the duck hit the water. He can deliver to hand or to the ground at the starting line. This is the Test Teal was in as a young dog.

2. The next Test and level gets harder. Seasoned. The dog is healed to the line, sits on command and does not go until the handler gives the word. Here the dog watches a double launch of the birds. One is the memory bird and the second one is the mark which the dog retrieves first and then the second. The retrieves can be out to 60-70 yards. The third part of this series if the blind retrieve. A duck that the dog did not see killed and does not know there is landed. The handler, directs the dog to the bird with hand singles, on both the land and water test.

3. Third level, Finished, Just harder, three birds launched, longer blinds, longer marks, and then the dog must "honor" the next dog that is running by setting near by and watching the birds thrown, dog release, all with out breaking from his spot.

2, X-Man, Yes, the Platte Valley Hunting and Retrieving Club, ie, PVHRC

From: Inshart
10-May-23
Nice Paul, seeing these kind of posts makes me miss my black lab!

From: x-man
10-May-23
Nice! I was in that same club chapter 1990-1994. Is that Dan Sulivan sitting in the judges chair in the top picture?

From: Vonfoust
10-May-23
Congratulations Paul and Teal! Can't wait for the yardhopper series again this year!

From: x-man
10-May-23

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Not trying to steal your thunder Paul but, this thread brought back a lot of good memories... R.I.P. HRCH Sir Charles Citori 01/25/1990 - 10/17/2003.

From: x-man
10-May-23
Saying goodbye

From: Paul@thefort
10-May-23
Rob, all Labrador Retriever memories are good. They train us well and then leave us as better person. My Browning OU Citori serves me well also.

Dan Feighert was the Started Judge.

From: Bake
10-May-23
Awesome pup! Hard to beat a good lab. I have two. Just got a german wirehaired pointer as well, he's 3 months and we're starting to work on some stuff. He has a pretty good hunt drive and a pretty good retrieve drive. I'm having fun with him so far. We'll never do field tests, but I hope I can help him develop into a competent hunter

From: deerhunter72
10-May-23
Way to go fellas! Looks Teal is coming right along, congratulations!

I actually thought of the Yard Hopper thread this morning on my way to work. This time of year, there's a field that always floods in the bottoms on my route to work and there are always a small group of Canadians there. I wondered if those geese were Yard Hopper escapees? Best of luck to you both!

From: Shuteye
10-May-23
Good job Teal. Beautiful dog for sure. You do a great job training for sure.

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