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* It’s a great resource for helping you train your dog.
* Club training sessions enable you to learn from experienced handlers, allowing you to utilize learnings to train your dog between sessions.
* Attend training sessions to evaluate progress, test and gain knowledge from fellow members.
* Training sessions allow members to share in the training experience by providing help in setting up holding blinds, placing wingers, and throwing birds or bumpers for different drills or hunting situations.
* If you personally spend 10 to 15 minutes once or twice daily working with your dog, significant progress can be made in your training.
* Meet people and make friends with those who have similar interests in hunting and hunting dogs.
* Build relationships and form your own training and hunting groups.
* Being a part of a training group socializes your dog to be around other people and dogs in different environments and situations.
* It gives you access to training locations, equipment including bumpers, birds, wingers and launchers, books and tapes/DVDs on training.
* We host HRC licensed Hunt Tests to test your training skills and earn HRC/UKC titles. These are fun events and once you’ve run an event, you’ll want to do more! Licensed events will be held on the west coast in Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington.
What does the club expect of you as a member?
* Pay yearly dues in January.
* Join the national Hunting Retriever Club, Inc.
* During training sessions, always keep your dog in control, on lead or in a crate when not running.
* During a training session, always stay for the entire session. Don’t leave after running your dog. Stay and learn from fellow members.
* Be courteous, friendly and willing to throw marks or set up training scenarios, which allows all members to equally train and test their dogs.
* Be willing to help with club fundraisers.
* Be willing to assist with the setting up and running of hunt tests. This consists of organizing, directing, firing guns, judging, if qualified, and throwing birds.
* Hunt tests are normally held twice yearly, in the spring and fall.
What the club cannot provide you as a member:
* The club cannot train your dog for you.
* If you do not have adequate time to train between club sessions, be fair to your dog, your club and yourself. Hire a professional to train your dog.
* Even if a professional trains your dog, you can still be an active club member enjoying the camaraderie with other members and enjoying a place to sharpen your dog’s skills.
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