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Invitational Training Clinic -- The July Invitational training clinic will be held on July 24th and July 25th th at SGLs # 40 Hickory Run and #119 Francis Walter Dam starting at 7:30 am each day. Meet at the SGL #40 parking lot. Bird orders are to be placed no later than Monday, July 19th using the on line bird order and registration form. |
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August Training Clinic -- The August training clinic will be held on Aug. 14th and Aug 15th at SGL #252 Williamsport, PA starting at 7:30 am each day. Bird orders are to be placed no later than Monday, August 9th using the on line bird order and registration form. |
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Fall Test: The fall test, NA, UPT and UT, is scheduled for August 28th and 29th and will be held at Zeleny High Farms in Lawrenceville, PA.
- NA cost is $110
- UPT / UT is $130
As of the end of April the test is full with a wait list being maintained. Test entry forms (available on the navhda.org site) can be mailed, along with a check, to John Beck, 3527 Nottingham Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19114. Questions can be addressed to John Beck |
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| T-Shirts - "Train Hard-Test Easy" T-shirts are now available in various colors and sizes as a club fund raiser. For details go to T-shirts. |
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July Training Pictures --------------
Photographs by Kim Bartells |
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Membership: Membership renewal for the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA are due in January. New members are welcome at any time. Please send the completed application along with your dues (see forms) to John Beck, 3527 Nottingham Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19114. |
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Welcome to the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA International. The Chapter is located in the Allentown, PA area and will hold regular training sessions and testing events. The testing and the monthly weekend training will be held at a variety of locations. Learn first hand the various steps involved in training a versatile hunting dog.
NAVHDA training is designed to
prepare the dog and handler for hunting and the NAVHDA testing. The
training will include: pointing; steadiness to wing, shot, and fall;
retrieval to hand from land or water; game tracking; gun sensitivity
control; heeling; and backing or honoring another dog’s point.
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The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a nonprofit
corporation whose purpose is to foster, promote, and improve the versatile
hunting dog breeds in North America; to conserve game by using well
trained reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; and to aid
in the prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective
and uncontrolled breeding, which produces unwanted and uncared for
dogs. |
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