Interested in Training at Four Brooks this years? New to Minnesota NAVHDA?
Join us Thursday April 23rd at 6:00pm for an
Introduction to Training at Four Brooks with Minnesota NAVHDA
For Thursday night group training, we will be laying out specific training nights to help individuals with puppies prepare for their NA tests. People/Dogs running the upcoming test will be given priority and will be the focus of the training night. People/dogs running later tests are welcome to help, learn and expose their puppy. One of the tendencies we have seen in the past is over training for the NA test. The objective with the schedule is to help expose many people to the basics of training towards test elements that they can do on their own, and vary our training to cover a broader range of skills and other productive dog work. We will talk more on this at the introduction meeting.
People who are focusing on the Gun Dog Test, Utility Test or Invitational Test will be encouraged to create small training groups to achieve your specific goals. The chapter has equipment available to assist in the training if you need it. If there is interest, Erik Borkoski, myself, and a few other members can help you put together a Gun Dog Test or Utility training schedule or outline.
NAVHDA is a volunteer organization. All training nights, tests and administrative items are performed by volunteers. If you plan on training at Four Brooks, the expectation is that you are helping maintain the grounds and assisting others with their training. If you plan on testing a dog, the expectation is that you volunteer at a test. Without volunteers, this organization will no longer exist.
Thank you!- Tony Hennen