You do not need to be a member to participate but, I think the dues are about $10 a year. Pretty soon there will be training days for Puget Sound Lab Club, Rainier Hunting Retriever Club, Evergreen Golden Ret. Club WRC(posted)....and a few un-sanctioned events such as 10-series singles and 5 series.
Spring is always busy just before the hunt test and field trial season gets underway. Scraping all the winter moss off the dogs and/or un-doing bad habits picked up hunting.
PM me anytime if you have a free weekend and need something to do. I'll try to be more dilegent about posting events as they come up. I did it for a while but, nobody ever seemed interested so, I got lazy about it.
>Dear WRC members,
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>We are planning a Training Day at Ft Lewis on Saturday, Feb 5, Area 14.
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>Our idea is to have two training scenarios set up. One would be for Master/Qual/Open level dogs; and the other would be for Jr/Sr/Derby level dogs.
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>Our club has pigeons available for a fee. We also have dead pigeons for the other marks.
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>We can arrange to have paid workers for the dead bird gun stations if there are enough people to make it worthwhile; or everyone would be expected to take a turn working – just like a regular training day. If we have paid workers, the cost of participating would increase to cover the workers.
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>The advantage of this type of event is to simulate a real field trial or hunt test for our dogs, yet we would be able to use leads, e-collars, and heeling sticks if we choose. There would be experienced people available to offer advice and help if you want.
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>At the least, we will have drinks and snacks available. At the most, we will have a barbeque going with hot dogs or burgers.
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>If you are interested, I will need to hear back ASAP. In order to plan a fun, effective, training day, I’ll need your comments, suggestions and how many dogs you would be bringing as well as how many flyers you would like. You can either e-mail me back with your response or call.
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>Fran Seagren
>253-880-6773
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