Wild Rose Hunting Retriever Club

The lucky winner of the 2011 Pheasant Draw is Curt Currie. I was seriously hoping to win this one myself but sincere congratulations to Curt and a heart felt thank you to all who helps support this year’s draw. Win a 20 bird pheasant shoot at Spruce Creek Upland Hunting Club in Olds Alberta. Limited [...]

This is a great view from the perspective of a hunting dog named “Sugar”.

If your looking for a great resource about training your hunting dog you could do a lot worse than checking out Lindsay Ridgeway’s training Journal. What’s he’s done is over the last few years documented his training, both accomplishments and setbacks and written them up in detail for the rest of us to learn from. [...]

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 [...]

From Total Retriever Marking with Mike Lardy Having the Gun Help This means that the gun station helps the dog who is lost in the field. Helping can take many forms. The gun can: * Stand; * Stand and Yell “Hey Hey”; * Stand, Yell, Wave Arms and Walk Toward Mark; * Stand, Yell, Wave [...]