Wild Rose Hunting Retriever Club

Please join me in congratulating WRHRC VP Ron Adlington for his outstanding work at the recent Stampede City Retriever Club field trial. Ron was able to handle both his dogs to a first place in each of their stakes. Ink took first in the open stake over 60 dogs. And Matte won first prize for [...]

Richard Horst of the Western Arizona Gun Dog sent us a message to let us know about their new club and wanted to invite any of our members to come on down and sample the nice AZ climate this December.
Richard writes:

We are a brand new Arizona Retriever Club, currently working with NAHRA.
We wanted to make [...]

The 2010 WRHRC NAHRA Hunt test was a great success. We had a wonderful turn out with quite a large number of dogs in all stakes. The weather was reasonably co-operative and some welcome cloud cover kept the heat to an acceptable level. We were very fortunate to have several highly qualified judges come and [...]

Against all odds the weather co-operated for the WRHRC 2010 Retriever Picnic Trial and it seems that a great day was enjoyed by all in attendance. If I have my numbers correct we had 20 entries not counting test dogs. Several new club members decided to give the Started Retriever stake a shot while others [...]

This past week has seen some improvements to the training grounds in Kathryn. Thanks to Doug Rowden we now have wood chips on the mounds and they are ready for use. Also thanks to Robin Dean and Ron Adlington who helped Doug spread the wood chips.
Remember that the club’s annual picnic test is still [...]

Last night was the wrap up for the 2010 basic retriever training class. We met at the club grounds for a chance to do single water marks complete with pistol shot and duck call. Several dogs were able to complete what would be a typical NAHRA Started water single. Thankfully the weather held out until [...]

Jack and Peggy Gardiner are pleased to announce they have new pups in the whelping box.
“Tia Maria and Jack WCX SH” was bred to FC/AFC Land Ahoy “Pirate”.
Currently they still have 1 chocolate male,1 black male and 2 black females available.
Tia has her NAHRA WR and is just 2 qualifications shy of her NAHRA [...]

He’s never had a nose for trouble before but black Labrador Bronson sure knows how to turn heads with his retrieving tricks.
The champion obedience dog stunned his owners when he recently returned to them to proudly show off his latest find.
Locked firmly in his jaws and coiled around his snout was a long, live snake, [...]

Swimmers tail in Sport Dogs or A tale of tails.

You may be finishing up a hard training session or just about to call it a day on a late season duck hunt, then suddenly you notice that something is wrong with your retriever. They seem not be moving their tail or showing some signs of [...]

If you own a lab or other retriever breed you know by now that they will put just about anything in their mouths that they can reach, especially the younger ones. Our dog is completely obsessed with eating the berries that litter our back yard. The yard has a giant mountain ash tree, also known [...]