Randy Blanchard is a professional trainer who has successfully trained for decades, champion dogs of all breeds for hunting and every testing system imaginable. This article is long overdue and will be an invaluable resource for owners training for any versatile tests and hunting. It improves not only the direct entry into water but the […]
Richard I. Bong State Training Grounds, Kansasville, Wisconsin Report by Diane Calandra What a couple days of testing, a HZP, a SOLMS/AZP and all with great weather. The handlers and dogs couldn’t have asked for a better testing weekend. The grounds at Bong consist of 4515 acres of wildlife reserve and campsites, for hunting, fishing […]
DKGNA members, I’m very optimistic going into 2025. We have a strong testing schedule in the Spring and Fall, we have an exciting annual meeting planned in Utah in May, and we just had an important election for Treasurer. I believe 2025 will be a year of growth for the club. It’s essential to the […]
This was an excellent full testing weekend hosted by Alec and Madison Losee at Eagle Ridge Ranch. The town of Island Park is on the western edge of Yellowstone, so we were treated to magnificent scenery in all directions. The experienced judges were Jeff Martin, Penticton, BC, Mark Peasley, San Francisco, CA; and Jason Snyder, […]
In October, a group of five Deutsch Kurzhhar Formrichter apprentices traveled to the DKV Kleemann gathering in Germany. Diane Calandra, John Calandra, Dan Myshin, Jamie Atkins, and Mark Peasley spent anywhere from two to five years apprenticing to become FR judges. FR judges are able to judge DKs in the Zuchtschau. To receive final approval, […]
