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Hello,

I'm heading to Lincoln, NE to visit the parents and do some training with a friend and turns out we're out of ducks. I was hoping to get some duck search training in.

If anybody has a connection to land a handful of ducks could you please PM me? I'd need to pick up on Friday.

Thank you.

Go check it out and meet some folks. Just because you go to the training days, train on the weekends with the chapter, etc. doesn't mean you have to run UT. But just to clarify, the only "blind" retrieve in NAVHDA is at the Invite. At the UT test, I assume you're talking about the duck search, and I...

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depending on when you're moving back to IA you may be able to hit the RM NAVHDA test and get her a NA score. The Heartland chapter's test is also in early May if you're already back home.

Check FieldTrialNews.com for a quick snapshot on the hunt tests in the area.

Get a pointer or shorthair. The odds will be more in your favor based on your shedding requirements. I'd look for one with multipled titled dogs behind it. Sounds like in your case, I'd look for MHs or Navhda dogs with UTI, UTII or VC titles. FC/AFC dogs may work too, but go see some dogs and find o...

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MOOSE wrote: 2. At least NA if not higher in NAVHDA, and or JH/SH

I don't think you're setting a terribly high water mark for yourself right here as far as testing goes.

I'd also put a dog that hunts real birds on your list.

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Toss a duck or pigeon with its primary flight feathers pulled into the water. Let your dog watch you do this. The duck moreso obviously, but the pigeon to for a bit, will swim and flap and try and get away from your dog. This will usually bring the dog's prey drive out and that will overpower any he...

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