97. FC-AFC LIL BIT’S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" LF, Victor Garcia

Bubbles came to the line at 3:50 pm

Land - The handlers blew his first whistle to stop Bubbles just short of the small pond. The cast sent her by the pond and out to the blind. One last whistle and cast put her on the bird.

Water - Bubbles lined into the cove on his initial send and was stopped on the land between the ponds. She was cast in the water where she swam to the point, crossed it and re-entered. She swam to the left corner of the far end of the pond and exited at the left end of the pond. The handler blew multiple whistles and gave several casts to get the dog on the bird.

97. FC-AFC LIL BIT’S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" LF, Victor Garcia

Bubbles came to line at 9:50 am

Flyer - Bubbles made her way quickly across the ponds and field, drawing right to his bird

Left - Her path to the left bird took her close to the gunners and a little deep of the bird. She made a loop to the left, circled back right to her bird

Middle - Bubbles ran deep of the fall area but made her way back with a couple of loops to find her bird.

97. FC-AFC LIL BIT’S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" LF, Victor Garcia

Bubbles and Victor came to the line at 2:05 pm

Water Blind - Three whistles got Bubbles in the water. Two whistles to get on the peninsula and one to get off. Three whistles to get position in the body of water. One whistle to get on the island that carried him to the peninsula. He had two whistles to get on the peninsula and one to get off of it. Three whistles in the last cove and three to get up the hill.

97. FC-AFC LIL BIT’S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" LF, Victor Garcia

Bubbles and handler Victor Garcia came to the 3:38 pm

Flyer - Bubbles went straight across the water to the right of the mound. She had a couple of loops in the fall area and retrieved the bird

Left - Bubbles crossed the pond left of the island and crossed the ditch to the right of the guns. She made a short climb on the hill, then returned to the ditch to grab her bird

Middle - She went out across the tip of the point, through the cove and decoys before climbing the hill on the left. She quickly made a right turn and drove down the slope to the bird.

97. FC-AFC LIL BIT’S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" LF, Victor Garcia

Bubbles came to the line at 2:57 pm

Flyer - Up the incline with enthusiasm to the area of the fall. He came back with the bird

Retired Gun - Great line and momentum

Blind - Bubbles got a single whistle to adjust the line through the bales. Two quick ones near end to complete the blind.