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Click below for the Rappahannock Chapter NAVHDA Test results for 2010 as a PDF:

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Test Policies & Procedures

 Rappahannock NAVHDA

ENTRIES:

Our 2010 entry fees are:  NA = $100.00     UPT = $125.00     UT = $125.00

Checks for entries should be payable to Rappahannock NAVHDA and mailed with completed entry forms to the test secretary, Alyssa Pease at 1229 Shenandoah Rd., Alexandria VA 22308.

Dogs must be registered with NAVHDA International to be entered in any test, for registration information please go to www.navhda.org/registry.html. 

Tests are filled on a first come, first served basis.  Your entry is not official until your completed entry form and fees are received and acknowledged by the test secretary.  You will receive an email confirmation of your entry.  If you have not received confirmation within two weeks of mailing your entry please follow up with the test secretary to ensure that your paperwork was received.

Application must be made on the current year’s official NAVHDA Test Entry form available online at www.navhda.org/testentry.pdf.  Forms from previous years will not be accepted.  Forms may be sent via mail or email, however, email entries will not be considered complete until entry fees are received by the test secretary.  All checks for confirmed test entries will be deposited on receipt.

Every effort will be made to schedule your dog for the preferred running date indicated on your entry form.  If your preferred date is unavailable you will be notified upon receipt of your entry and offered the option of running on another day.

 

WAITING LIST:

If there are no openings available on any of the scheduled test dates you will be notified upon receipt of your entry and offered a place on the waiting list.  The waiting list will be maintained on a first come, first served basis.  Checks received for entries placed on the waiting list will be held until such time as there is room in the test and the handler accepts a test slot, at which time the check will be deposited.  Checks from entrants who elect to withdraw from the waiting list or for whom there is not room by the time of the test will be destroyed.  Anyone on the waiting list who discovers that they no longer need or want to be on the list should contact the test secretary as soon as possible so that the next person in line can be moved up.

 

CANCELLATIONS:

All cancellations must be received in writing by the test secretary via mail or email.  Your cancellation will likewise be confirmed.  If you have not received confirmation within two weeks of submitting your cancellation notice please follow up with the test secretary to ensure that your request was received.

 

REFUNDS:

In all cases a $25.00 administrative fee will be deducted from any refund issued.  A refund will only be issued if there is a replacement entry available to fill the slot of the withdrawn dog and the test is full on the date in question.  If both conditions are not satisfied no refund can be issued.  If a withdrawal is made as the result of a medical condition of either the dog or handler, written documentation from a veterinarian or physician should be received by the test secretary no later than 15 days after the last day of the test to be considered for a refund exception.  Anyone not eligible for a refund may elect to defer their entry to a subsequent test.  This must be confirmed with the test secretary prior to the new test filling up.  Any moves to a different calendar year will require submission of a new entry form, and any changes of test level which would incur a higher fee will require the entrant to pay the difference.

 

TESTING DAY:

Please plan to be onsite ready to run your dog by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled test day unless otherwise instructed.  You will not receive a test or running order in advance; the judges may adjust the sequence and order of the test at any time during the day based on weather conditions, test levels and number of dogs being run, the presence of bitches in season, etc…  You should plan to be onsite all day as a full test can easily run until the late afternoon or early evening.  Lunch is available for purchase onsite and there is generally a potluck supper in the evening to which all participants are invited.  Directions to the test site and accommodations information are available on the chapter website at www.rappahannock-navhda.com.

 

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About NAVDHA PDF Print E-mail

navlogoWhat is NAVHDA

The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to foster, promote, and improve the versatile hunting dog breeds in North America; to conserve game by using well trained reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; and to aid in the prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective and uncontrolled breeding, which produces unwanted and uncared for dogs.

Purpose of NAVHDA
 
The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a legally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering, improving, promoting, and protecting the versatile hunting dog in North America.

Underlying these aims is the desire to serve the interests of game conservation, prevention of cruelty to animals, and the gun dog hunter by helping the hunter to train his dog to work before and after the shot, on land and in water.

NAVHDA is an excellent complement to the activities of sporting dog breed clubs and field trial organizations. It was created to supplement the activities of those clubs by providing a proven, standard method of evaluating the performance of all versatile hunting dogs, consistent with North American hunting practices, regardless of breed.


How NAVHDA is Organized
 
NAVHDA is organized on two levels:
The first level, NAVHDA International, operates under bylaws approved by its membership. These bylaws provide for officers elected by popular vote who, together with appointed directors, constitute an Executive Council charged with furnishing direction and guidance to NAVHDA programs.

The second level, local chapters of NAVHDA, are the "grass roots" organizations, which sponsor the training and testing programs. The Rappahannock Chapter is one of many sanctioned chapters located throughout the United States and Canada. For a list of all chapter go to the NAVHDA Chapter's page at: http://www.navhda.us/chapterinfo.aspx 
 
The Versatile Hunting Dog Breeds

The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association defines versatility as "the dog that is bred and trained to dependably hunt and point game, to retrieve on both land and water, and to track wounded game on both land and water."  

In the field, a versatile dog should exhibit a fine nose, staunch pointing and the desire to search for, track and retrieve game in a cooperative manner. A versatile dog needs to further prove his independence, stamina and quality of nose by transferring his search for, and retrieving of game, to the water. NAVHDA's testing program provides an opportunity for dogs to exhibit these characteristics while remaining obedient and in control at all times. True versatile dogs should perform all tasks with enthusiasm and be willing to work with, and for, their handlers.

The versatile breeds, as we know them today, are products of Europe. No distinctive versatile hunting breed has been developed in North America.

The Versatile Breeds

There are several breeds of versatile dogs common in continental Europe, and with four exceptions, all were developed during the last decades of the 19th century. The four exceptions are much older breeds that provided a base for some of the others. These are the Weimaraner, the Vizsla, the Brittany, and its German cousin, the Small Munsterlander.

The tracking hound, pointer and waterpudel were the basic breeding stocks most widely used to develop the short and wirehaired groups. The longhaired group evolved from the Small Munsterlander and flat-coated retriever.

Currently NAVHDA recognizes and maintains studbooks for the following breeds:

BI Bracco Italiano
BA Braque D’auvergne
BB Braque Du Bourbonnais
BF Braque Francais
BS Brittany
CF Cesky Fousek
DP Drentse Partridge
ES English Setter
FP French Spaniel
GL German Longhaired Pointer
GS German Shorthaired Pointer
GW German Wirehaired Pointer
GO Gordon Setter
IR Irish Red & White Setter
IS Irish Setter
LM Large Munsterlander
PT Pointer
PO Portuguese Pointer
PP Pudelpointer
SH Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
SM Small Munsterlander
SP Spinone
ST Stichelhaar
VI Vizsla
WM Weimaraner
GR Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
WV Wirehaired Vizsla
 

Rappahannock NAVHDA Test November 2009

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