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Recent News & Posts

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  • Welcome to our new Director of Training-Keith Larson (3/4/2023)
  • 2023 Clinics Open For Registration-Test Entries Open February 15th (2/9/2023)
  • Registration for Fable Fest & Annual Meeting is now open-Feb 4th (12/19/2022)
  • Annual Meeting/Fable Fest, Winter Courses, Membership Renewals, Scholarship Applications and more… (11/17/2022)
  • Upland Institute Video Training Series- MN NAVHDA 10% Discount (11/10/2022)
  • 2023 Membership Renewals Due now-Save $10 (10/30/2022)
  • Survey for the 2023 “Fable Fest” Banquet (10/30/2022)
  • 2023 NAVHDA Election-watch your emails! (10/5/2022)
  • Looking ahead to 2023 for Minnesota NAVHDA (9/27/2022)
  • Board Positions Nominations Open, Raffle Tickets, Test Volunteers Needed (7/31/2022)
  • Board Decision on Northern Groups of Chapter members (6/22/2022)
  • Northern Minnesota Chapters Committee being formed (4/10/2022)
  • Working Dogs During The Spring Woodcock Migration-by Bailey Petersen (3/30/2022)
  • Washington County Pheasants Forever-Wounded Warrior Hunt April 2nd (3/7/2022)
  • MN NAVHDA Annual Meeting Recap & Other Chapter News (3/5/2022)
  • 2022 Fundraiser-Win a Custom Gun from Upland Gun Company (3/5/2022)
  • Annual Meeting Reminder and 2022 Events Update (2/11/2022)
  • Obituary Information for Mark Jacobs (1/26/2022)
  • 2022 Annual Meeting and Looking ahead to Training & Testing Season (1/20/2022)
  • “Fable Fest” Cancelled-Virtual Annual Meeting will be in February (12/22/2021)
  • 2022 Chapter Membership Renewals & Chapter News (11/17/2021)
  • Memberships & Dog Registrations-Looking ahead to 2022 (11/13/2021)
  • Annual Board of Directors Positions Notice-Nominations Open (8/13/2021)
  • Kelley Land & Cattle Company Grounds Conditions-Sept 4th & 5th test relocated to Four Brooks (7/23/2021)
  • Happy 50th Anniversary to Minnesota NAVHDA! (7/23/2021)
  • Grounds Access, Birds, Training, Testing, AIMS Clinic (5/13/2021)
  • Aims & Rules Clinic price drop! (4/26/2021)
  • UPDATE: Training is Getting Under Way (4/20/2021)
  • Annual Meeting, Bylaws & Looking Ahead To Training & Testing Season (2/26/2021)
  • Applications open until March 15th for the Youth & New Handler Scholarship (1/21/2021)
  • “Testing? No thanks, I just want a Hunting Dog!” (1/7/2021)
  • 2021 Calendar Announced-Events & Tests open for Registration & Entries (1/2/2021)
  • Minnesota NAVHDA Membership Renewals & Chapter News/2021 Dates (11/19/2020)
  • 2020 in Review and Looking ahead to 2021 for MN NAVHDA-Membership renewals now also open! (10/28/2020)
  • MN NAVHDA Training Update-June Events & Weekly Groups Announcement (5/23/2020)
  • Re-Thinking How We Train Versatile Dogs and the Pointing-Steadiness Transition (5/1/2020)
  • Training & Bird Update (4/20/2020)
  • 2020 Testing, Training, Clinics & COVID-19 Update (4/8/2020)
  • COVID-19 Update for MN NAVHDA and Upcoming Events (3/21/2020)
  • Spring Training & Testing Update (3/7/2020)
  • Force Fetch Foundations (2/13/2020)
  • Training with MN NAVHDA in 2020 (2/13/2020)
  • 2020 Training Survey (1/13/2020)
  • Proposed Changes to Bylaws (1/11/2020)
  • Kicking Off the 2020 Training & Testing Season-Annual Meeting/Fable Fest is Saturday Feb 1st (1/7/2020)
  • GO! before WHOA! -thoughts on training steps for the NAVHDA UPT & UT tests (11/20/2019)
  • Natural Ability VS Obedience-A look at some key NAVHDA principles (11/20/2019)
  • Message from MN NAVHDA new President-Pete Aplikowski (10/24/2019)
  • Good People, Good Times (9/23/2019)
  • Joe Dolejsi Annual Youth Scholarship Fund (9/11/2019)
  • Piper DeLong & Cooper-Recipients of the 2019 Minnesota NAVHDA Joe Dolesji Memorial Youth Scholarship (9/11/2019)
  • Volunteers Needed for Labor Day Weekend Test (7/26/2019)
  • Results of the 41st Annual MN NAVHDA Pheasant Championship (6/24/2019)
  • What it’s all about (10/20/2018)
  • News release from NAVHDA International (9/30/2018)
  • Show me a top-notch volunteer, and I’ll show you Brent… (8/10/2018)
  • Board Nominations Being Accepted Now! (8/2/2018)
  • Volunteers Make Mock UT Work (7/28/2018)
  • MN NAVHDA June 1- 3, 2018 Test Big Success! (7/17/2018)
  • 40th Annual Pheasant Championship Crowns New Champions (7/1/2018)
  • Got Water?? (5/30/2018)
  • Follow-up Concerning New Chapter Insurance Policy (5/22/2018)
  • 21st Century – Calling Minnesota NAVHDA! (5/9/2018)
  • Chapter Safety Policy Announced (4/18/2018)
  • Message from the Chapter President about New Safety Rules & Insurance (4/17/2018)
  • Mason Schultz, Joe Dolejsi Annual Youth Scholarship Recipient (4/9/2018)
  • More New NAVHDA Membership Rules – Very Important! (3/5/2018)
  • Survey Completed (3/1/2018)
  • Steadiness & Retrieve Training-The UPT Test (2/23/2018)
  • NAVHDA Membership Required for all Owners/Handlers (2/2/2018)
  • 2018 Handler’s Clinic (1/28/2018)
  • Save the Date! 40th Annual Pheasant Championship! (1/27/2018)
  • Attention-Motion to be Voted on at Annual Meeting (Fable Fest) (1/21/2018)
  • Thank you, Joe. (1/17/2018)
  • ***Board Meeting January 2018-VENUE Change*** (1/15/2018)
  • What I Learned at the Handler’s Clinic (7/20/2017)
  • June 2017 Handler’s Clinic (6/30/2017)
  • 2017 Pheasant Championship (6/27/2017)
  • Another season come and gone (3/18/2017)

Upcoming Events

  • CLASS FULL-MONDAY 10 Week Positive Reinforcement Training-Stillwater, MN on 03/27/2023 7:00 pm
  • Virtual Board Meeting – Teleconference on 04/18/2023 7:00 pm
  • April 29th Versatile Dog 101-Search, Point, Track, Swim-Kelley Farms-Hugo, MN on 04/29/2023 7:45 am
  • Protected: **CLOSED-FULL**-April 29th MOCK Natural Ability Test-Kelley Farms-Hugo, MN on 04/29/2023 9:00 am
  • Versatile Dog 201 “Heel, Whoa, Fetch” Obedience Class & Utility Test demonstrations on 04/29/2023 9:00 am
  • **TEST IS FULL** May 13th & 14th 2023 -Natural Ability Test-Four Brooks WMA Milaca, MN on 05/13/2023 7:00 am
  • **TEST IS FULL** June 2nd, 3rd & 4th Utility Prep & Utility Test-Kelley Farms-Hugo, MN on 06/02/2023 7:00 am
  • 2023 AIMS & RULES CLINIC-June 3rd & 4th Kelley Farms-Hugo, MN on 06/03/2023 8:00 am
  • 2023 MN NAVHDA INVITATIONAL HANDLER CLINIC-June 24th-25th Kelley Farms, Hugo, MN on 06/24/2023 8:00 am
  • July 15th Versatile Dog 101-Search, Point, Track, Swim-Four Brooks WMA-Milaca, MN on 07/15/2023 7:45 am

Recent Posts

  • Welcome to our new Director of Training-Keith Larson 03/04/2023
  • 2023 Clinics Open For Registration-Test Entries Open February 15th 02/09/2023
  • Registration for Fable Fest & Annual Meeting is now open-Feb 4th 12/19/2022
  • Annual Meeting/Fable Fest, Winter Courses, Membership Renewals, Scholarship Applications and more… 11/17/2022
  • Upland Institute Video Training Series- MN NAVHDA 10% Discount 11/10/2022
  • 2023 Membership Renewals Due now-Save $10 10/30/2022
  • Survey for the 2023 “Fable Fest” Banquet 10/30/2022
  • 2023 NAVHDA Election-watch your emails! 10/05/2022
  • Looking ahead to 2023 for Minnesota NAVHDA 09/27/2022
  • Board Positions Nominations Open, Raffle Tickets, Test Volunteers Needed 07/31/2022

About Us

The Minnesota Chapter of NAVHDA is a family focused organization dedicated to promoting NAVHDA principles and assisting members to train and test their dogs in accordance with the NAVHDA AIMS Programs Test Rules.  In doing so, we believe members can develop their versatile dogs into the hunting partners they will enjoy for years to come

NAVHDA INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS:


Purina
Garmin
Ugly Dog Hunting
Ruffland Kennels

OUR CONSERVATION PARTNERS


Pheasants & Quail Forever
Ruffed Grouse Society
Minnesota Sharptail Grouse Society
Minnesota Woodcock

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    • MN NAVHDA on YouTube
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    • Minnesota NAVHDA History
    • Safety Policy
    • Chapter Bylaws
    • About NAVHDA (video)
    • NAVHDA Youth Programs
  • Contact Us
    • General Inquiries
    • Chapter Officers and Coordinators
  • Conservation Partners
  • NAVHDA International Website
  • MN NAVHDA Scholarships
    • Joe Dolejsi Youth and New Handler Scholarship Fund
    • The Bill Jensen Apprentice Judge Scholarship
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