Tank (black labrador retriever) and I are new members of the Las Vegas Hunting Retriever Club and we ran their NAHRA (North American Hunting Retriever Association) trial, held in Overton, in February 2009. This was the 2nd day and his 2nd leg. I really enjoyed how creative the judges were and included in this video their dialog about starting the test with the duck call. I also loved trying their senario with the ‘Walk Up’, where the bird was released while we were still walking to the line. From there, I had to sit Tank and have him concentrate on his marking of the bird.

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We tried our luck at our first hunt test. We’d never seen Pheasants, which they used on the land retrieve, so I wasn’t sure how he would do, but he was fine. He’d only seen one frozen duck, so I was a little unsure there too, but again, he was fine : )

We tried our luck at our first hunt test. We’d never seen Pheasants, which they used on the land retrieve, so I wasn’t sure how he would do, but he was fine. He’d only seen one frozen duck, so I was a little unsure there too, but again, he was fine : )