We arrived at the field trail, first thing in the morning as the sun is just coming up. While it had rained the day before, the sun was out and it looked to be a beautiful day. First thing, we let the dogs out so they can stretch their legs. Tom prepares his collars, including his tracking collar and his starter pistol for his upcoming brace in the amateur gun dog. Both dogs and handlers are at the line along with the two judges on horseback. This is a walking steak. And they're off. The dogs will have to run for 30 minutes. During that time they will have to find at least one bird, point that bird and then hold that bird through the flesh. The dogs will be judged on their application to the course, their hunting, ability and their style on point. In the meantime, the rest of the dogs are hanging out in camp on the steak out. Hopefully someday one of these dogs will be running in the field trial like Denny. Tom makes the callbacks so he takes Denny out. There are two judges and two official gunners. Tom turns Denny loose. She knows this is a setup, so she is going to be working fairly close. She knows there's a bird hiding somewhere nearby. Now she has it. Denny's prepare for Tom to flush the bird to get a safe shot. Tom releases Denny for the retrieve. She brings it back. Nice job. And it gets Tom and Denny a second place in the Amitra Gun Dog.