The back story is that Bibi should not have been in the field at all. About two years ago, she was near death as a result of a bacterial infection. Frank and Deb nursed her back to some life, but she was house and crate bound for fear of re-infection. At some point, a year or so in, Frank thought that a little field work might do her some good, and that the risk of re-infection was simply something that they would have to gamble on.
Happily, the cocker picked up where she left off with a biddable joy in the field. She earned her fifth leg on Saturday at the Mazomanie Cocker Fancier's Club test and became one on a very short list of American bench bred cockers to accomplish this feat.
Bibi is in the middle of the photo below. Her daughter, Ryder (on the right) earned his Senior Hunter title in the same event.
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