Richard Gephardt with Old Man's High Flying Goose MH and Donn Peacock with Sir Riley Merganser Of Creswell MH are the two MRC teams that qualified in the 2019 AKC Master National Hunt Test at the H Cooper Black Sporting Dog Facility in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 17-27, 2019. Congratulations to these great teams.
The AKC has recently approved a Master Amateur Hunter Title which will appear in the next printing of the Regulations & Guidelines for AKC Hunting Tests for Retrievers.
Laura reports "This is AWESOME for an organization that's just 3+ years old, its UNPRECEDENTED!!!!" " THIS IS HUGE!!!! " Check out the details.
See https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.195/1b3.eb6.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MAH-Title-8.2019.pdf for details.
Donated in Honor of Nick The Dog, who is the Epitome of the ideals of this Trophy, The Marin Retriever Club Perpetual Challenge Trophy is to be offered to the MRC club member-amateur-owner-handler of the most outstanding Retriever Field Dog who accumulates the most points in AKC licensed and/or sanctioned Field Trials and Hunt Tests during the calendar year." The winner of the inaugural presentation was Carson handled by John Schulte.
The Marin Retriever Club is proud to offer a new perpetual trophy for its members. This trophy will be presented annually at the Holiday party to the current MRC member who has accumulated the most points as a team (same handler/same dog) in AKC Hunt Tests and/or AKC Field Trials. The trophy has been generously developed and donated by member John Schulte. Thanks John! It will be up to the individual members to tally their points and submit them to the Awards Committee in November of each year. More details about qualifying for the award can be found on the [...]
From John Schulte. -
Debbie Chun took 4th place at the Qualifying Stake
John Schulte and Carson took second.
The Marin Retriever Club people done good.
Many thanks to the judges, workers, and handlers who were so gracious in assisting me this past weekend
at the San Jose Retriever Club Field Trial in Corning.
The February training day turned into a really fun event with the "decoy" challenge, wherein a bird was thrown into a very large spread of decoys (including the kind that move around!) The dogs were timed when they crossed back over the line with the bird (younger dogs) and when the trained dogs delivered to hand. Several handlers re-ran and bettered their times, changing the final results. Results were:
Junior went to "Ellie" Caringello (20.36); Biz Carngello (24.93) and Ty Caringello (39.93)
Senior went to Gracie Reilly (26.63); Ben Mauzy (28.07) and Trooper McGinnis (29.36
Master went to Shooter Judd (27.83); Trixie Reed [...]
From Bill Daley through Laura Judd
“The following is information in regard to the new AKC scratch policy adopted by the Office of Performance Events which I have discussed with some of you. Others are copied as if you are unaware of the change it should be of interest.
The change was brought to my attention by Robin Gulvin who had learned it from Julie Cole our West Coast Member of the AKC Retriever Advisory Committee who was present at this years meeting of the RAC that was held in conjunction with the recent National Retriever Clubs Championship Stake where the rule [...]
The 2017 Board celebrates at the Annual Holiday Party. Left to Right Frances Treasurer, Chris Hempel Director at Large, Bob Lutolf Director at Large and Pat Romeiro President
The Marin Retriever Club has asked Dr. John Schulte to write a Training Blog for this website. We also asked him to introduce himself.
So here’s Johnny.
My interest in retrievers began in 1953 when I was taken by an older gentleman to his duck club in Los Banos. Besides the Wool Growers Restaurant, Los Banos is most famous for its mud. To retrieve a wounded bird that was swimming away from you was enough to induce a heart attack. I could see the value of a good dog.
From 1966 until 1970 were 4 wonderful years [...]
In this blog we will go through all the steps the handler must learn in preparing for training and testing. We will review all the steps in preparation for running a Hunt Test or Field Trial.
Anytime we train, a checklist is handy to have to insure we are totally prepared. I am sure you have your own checklist that would include such things as gear bag, glasses, whistle, gloves, lip balm, sunscreen, and fully charged electronics. Nothing sabotages a training day more than getting all set up and finding out the batteries in your wingers or e-collars are dead.
After putting [...]