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The bond between dog and handler supercedes the training of the retriever and the ability of the handler.

There is no home-field advantage in Minnesota, at least not yet. After the opening round of the Super Retriever Series at Oak Ridge Kennels, there is a decided southern slant to the top dogs in the competition.

You can hardly count the ways to characterize the ending of the Super Retriever Series.

All the news, notes and gossip from behind-the-scenes of Day Two's Minnesota Super Retriever Series

Chris Parker didn't count on the name for her border collie to describe so well what the two would eventually go through together. Parker's dog is Mayhem. The two will be competing in the Large Dog Agility and Large Dog Super Weave.

Clay targets weren't the only things blown away during the opening round of the Shotgun event. Along with the orange targets cast to the wayside are some of the top shooters in the nation, the old dogs if you will. All of them shot down by the young guns.

The Games already are serving up athletes and setting others down. After the first round of the Retriever Trial, the last two years' gold medalists have barely survived, an alternate is one of the top dogs and the favorite is going home.

Draco downs Little Morgan

Chris Akin and Boomer the black Lab are the No. 1 seeds for the Retriever Trial heading into the Great Outdoor Games.

Clay targets weren't the only things blown away during the opening round of the Shotgun event. Along with the orange targets cast to the wayside are some of the top shooters in the nation, the old dogs if you will. All of them shot down by the young guns.

The Games already are serving up athletes and setting others down. After the first round of the Retriever Trial, the last two years' gold medalists have barely survived, an alternate is one of the top dogs and the favorite is going home.

Chris Akin and Boomer the black Lab are the No. 1 seeds for the Retriever Trial heading into the Great Outdoor Games.

Chris Parker didn't count on the name for her border collie to describe so well what the two would eventually go through together. Parker's dog is Mayhem. The two will be competing in the Large Dog Agility and Large Dog Super Weave.

Draco downs Little Morgan

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All the news, notes and gossip from behind-the-scenes of Day Two's Minnesota Super Retriever Series