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United Kennel Club, Inc./ Hunting Retriever Club, Inc. (UKCŪ/HRC)
The Hunting Retriever Club, Inc. (HRC) is an International Retriever Club affiliated with the United Kennel Club, Inc. (UKC). United Kennel Club will assist in the formation of all new Clubs, and, together with the HRC, Inc., have standardized all the rules and regulations for consistency in the program.
The Board of Directors of HRC, in conjunction with the United Kennel Club, Inc., has adopted all rules and regulations for the running of hunting retrievers in true-to-life hunting situations, and will amend and expand these rules and regulations as the need arises.
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 Recent News At UKC
03/03/2010: UKC Announces its Top Breeds for 2009 UKC Announces its Top Breeds for 2009 For more information, contact Tanya Raab at traab@ukcdogs.com Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 1, 2010 – In carrying on a long-standing tradition, the United Kennel Club is pleased to announce its Top Ten registered purebred dog breeds for 2009. This list, based on UKC... Read more here. 
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In This Issue of Hunting Retriever Magazine...
"Exercise Induced Collapse Syndrome (EIC) in Labrador Retrievers
Stephen W. Kendall - Alpharetta, Georgia
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In August 2008 the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (VDL) University of Minnesota EIC research team, in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan and the University of California-San Diego, identified the EIC gene and developed a DNA testing program for the disease. The program took nearly a decade of work and comprehensive investigation by the teams of medical professionals at these institutions... the disease is reported to be widespread, with only 53 percent of the test dogs showing a NORMAL report.
What is Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC)? The EIC researchers state that dogs affected with EIC can tolerate mild to moderate exercise, but 5 to 20 minutes of strenuous exercise with extreme excitement induces weakness and then collapse...
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