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Handlers Clinic: A Handler's Clinic will be held on July 11th and 12th at SGL 40 (Hickory Run), starting at 7:30 AM each day. The cost is $75 for Hickory Run members, and $100 for members of other clubs. Space is limited to 20 people, and will fill up fast! Breakfast and lunch will be provided by the Chapter both days.

Reservations can be made by contacting John Beck, email. Checks should be made out to Hickory Run Navhda and mailed to John Beck, 3527 Nottingham Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19114.

July Invitational Training - A reminder that the July 2009 invitational training clinic will be held Saturday July 11th and Sunday July 12th, starting at 7:30 am each day on SGLs #40 Hickory Run and SGL #119 Francis Walter Dam.. Bird orders must be in by Monday July 6th.

Fall Test: The fall test, NA, UPT and UT, is scheduled for August 29th and 30th and will be held at Zeleny High Farms in Lawrenceville, PA.
   - NA cost is $110
   - UPT / UT is $130
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.

Tim Clark Training Seminar Pictures
pointing drill
site and I will learn handlers
Tim Clark learning
Water Work
duck vs dog
learning how to train

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.

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.


 
 
Mission: 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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Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA