HUNTING RETRIEVER Magazine
HUNTING RETRIEVER is the official publication of the Hunting Retriever Club, Inc., and is published bi-monthly by the United Kennel Club, Inc., the world’s largest performance dog registry. This publication is just one of the benefits of being a member of HRC.
“Conceived by Hunters for Hunters”, the Hunting Retriever Club, Inc., has been affiliated with United Kennel Club since HRC’s founding in 1984.
HUNTING RETRIEVER is specifically for the HRC member and includes:
- Articles and stories by and about members
- Training articles by respected, successful retriever trainers
- A complete list of upcoming Hunt Tests
- Regional reports, including news from local HRC clubs
- Special theme issues, including extensive coverage of the Spring and Fall Grand Hunts
- HRC officer reports
- News and information on UKC and HRC
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Enjoy a special glimpse inside the October/November 2007 Hunting Retriever!
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Sometimes You Just Have to Get Wet!
Anne B. Livingston • Nashville, Tennessee
“She’s going to have to get in,” I overheard my training partners, Paula Harris and Danny May, say as we watched Camden quit on a long water retrieve one April afternoon. I had seen this behavior from Camden before; in her first Boykin Spaniel Society Upland, she failed to complete her Novice and Intermediate water retrieves, and in three separate Started tests, she completed on land and failed on water. My reverie of past failures ended with a jolt when I realized the one who was ‘going to have to get in’ was me. I can’t swim. Those early childhood swimming lessons in a frigid pool included putting my face under water, and I never got over it. I’m also not fond of water too murky to see my feet, and that includes every lake, pond, stream or river in which I’ve trained my Boykin girls.
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Charleston Retriever Club Starts Young Handler Training Program
Hosts First HRC Young Handler Test
Submitted By Bob Jones, President, Charleston Retriever Club
Photo credit: Pamela O. Kadlec, Just Ducky Publishing, (803) 637-2007
The sound of hundreds of ducks on the water, and retrievers whining in their kennels were reminiscent of our February hunt test, but the afternoon temperature was in the 90s instead of the 30s. Setting up two wingers and planting two blinds were enough to get the sweat flowing. The dogs were excited, and the Charleston Retriever Club members were a little anxious about how the campers would react to the dogs. Our questions were quickly answered when the first of 40 campers between 8 and 16 years of age turned the corner of the pond and ran toward the dogs. “Wow, a black Lab!” “Yeah, my dad has one, but it’s yellow.” “We have a Boykin Spaniel.” “Can I pet the dog?” The kids were on their way to an afternoon unlike any other at camp.
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 Recent News At UKC
10/06/2008: Candid Highlights from Saturday at the Fall Grand in Davenport, Iowa (and parts of Iliinois) The skies were blue and the weather great for the first day's running of the HRC Fall Grand held in locations near Davenport, Iowa, and Andalusia, Illlinois.... Read more here. 
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In This Issue of Hunting Retriever Magazine...
"Sometimes You Just Have to Get Wet!
Anne B. Livingston • Nashville, Tennessee
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“She’s going to have to get in,” I overheard my training partners, Paula Harris and Danny May, say as we watched Camden quit on a long water retrieve one April afternoon. I had seen this behavior from Camden before; in her first Boykin Spaniel Society Upland, she failed to complete her Novice and Intermediate water retrieves, and in three separate Started tests, she completed on land and failed on water.
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