Salem Retriever Trial Club Event

Tilla · 02-28-2003, 03:02 PM

Attention Retriever Owners:
The SRTC will be holding it's first picnic event Sunday March 9th at St louis Ponds in Gervais (Woodburn) at St. Louis Ponds. It starts about 8:30 AM and goes into the afternoon. The club will hold 4 of these picnic events this year.
The events follow the AKC hunt test program with special puppie levels. It is a practice. Bird and shot introductions are a specialty for the young dog. The other classes are Junior (4 single retrieves), Senior (2 double retrieves, land and water blind) and Master (multiple marks, blinds and a lot of sick stuff

).
If you pay the $15 dollar membership, the cost for the hunt test levels is $10. You are given one Pheasant Flyer (occasionally more

).
The puppy levels are about $3-5 ? I am not the treasurer so I don't know all the details.
This is a non profit org. Come if you want. It is structured, but we are creative and want the dog to learn. So, if you are interested in training or learning how to train, or meeting people who train, or seeing how good dogs can get, or wanna see bids shot, it's a good place to start and a good place to develop retriever skills.

Coldwater · 03-02-2003, 08:33 AM

This sounds like a great place to take my 3 month old Lab pup to introduce her to the field and have her watch other dogs working. Is it easy to find the St. Louis ponds in Woodburn?? Also is there a Master Hunter rating for a retriever and how do you get it. They probably could answer that there but was curios???

Beaver93 · 03-03-2003, 08:10 AM

Tilla,

Can't make it to this event, but please keep the board posted on the other events you will have throughout the year.

Corey

Tilla · 03-03-2003, 12:52 PM

I think the next picnic event is the Springer floatilla date, April 19, Sat! [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]
St Louis Ponds is south of Woodburn on the west side of I-5, between Gervais and St Louis. I'll see about finding a map.
It takes 5 Master qualifications to get a title. These days it's almost a full time job to achieve it. It just depends on how much you want to put into it. A Junior hunter title with some good backpile work will address 90+% of most hunters needs. At this point you have to ask yourself: are you doing this for yourself or the dog before moving on?. A Senior Title will address 95+% of your hunting needs. A Master title is pretty near perfect and maybe too good to waste on hunting :shocked: .

The club gives you a great way to learn some training techniques and understanding what retriever training is about. It will also help avoid all the misconceptions there are floating around out there.
There are other clubs in the area that do similar events. Oregon Retriever Trial Club, Oregon Hunting Retriever Trial Club, Rose City Retriever Club, Pacific Northwest Retriever Trial Club, Umqua Valley Retriever Club, Rogue Valley Retriever Club and a host of clubs up north and E Wa.
E-mail me if you want to be on the mailing list.

Coldwater · 03-03-2003, 08:40 PM

Tilla, you got mail !!! Thank you!!!

James in Idaho · 03-07-2003, 12:55 PM

Tilla:

Now that I've updated Netscape, I can respond!!! How can you say a MH is almost wasted on hunting. Hunting with a MH titled dog (even if he is a 'peake :grin: ) is more fun than should really be legal.

Sounds like you have your picnic schedule worked out, I was skiing in Park City last weekend and missed out on our first one. You doing any judging this year? I'm doing the junior for my club, and taking the master for Idaho Falls, replacing O'Hearn. Damn shame there, he was a good dog man, and very fair judge. I'm sure you guys over there are missing him.

james

Tilla · 03-07-2003, 02:22 PM

James,
About the MH thing.there are those that feel you can damage the training by taking the dog hunting. I have no reason to challenge this. I can screw up the training singlehandedly in just a few days of hunting. :grin:
So far I have been lucky and avoided the judging thing. Except for a Jr next weekend, the first non-master in several years.I will enjoy it.

I spent last weekend welding up poles for holding blinds (which Mary Jo is sewing up), welding two new popper gun holders, spare stakes and the club bought two loaded with options Wahkiakum bird wingers. We bought a used trailer for the club too which I have to pick up next week. [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img] Quite of bit of work, but I won the shotgun at the banquet......again! So Niener Niener.

Here is Fly, a "not ready for primetime" retriever. 5 for 5 on Senior, but 0 for 5 in Master, now he's banished to the usual retriever duties. Looks like he's really bothered.

[ 03-07-2003, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: Tilla ]

Vandal · 03-08-2003, 05:13 PM

tilla,

sent you an e-mail... looking forward to this.

Vandal · 03-08-2003, 05:15 PM

tilla,

sent you an e-mail... looking forward to this.

James in Idaho · 03-10-2003, 06:54 AM

Tilla:

You know me, the main purpose is a hunting dog. The games are just something to keep the bonehead in shape for hunting season. When the games become more than the hunting, time to do something else. But having a dog that works at the master level is a lot of fun, sometimes you get to show off a little bit!! Sounds like you had the kind of weekend I had, but mine was spent at a swim meet. Kid did well, won the 100 yd freestyle! She wants to run Bob in the junior this year, he he.

Lured In · 03-10-2003, 07:39 AM

Well, how did it go? Let's here some stories. Did Josie run?

Coldwater · 03-10-2003, 10:14 AM

I just wanted to say thank you to the SRTC for not only holding this event but also extending a warm welcome to us newcommers. I took my pup down to this and really enjoyed watching the dogs and owners work.It was good for a young lab like her to watch the more experienced dogs work. She also did some light work in the puppy class and got to get her feet wet,(literally)so to say. I joined the SRTC while I was there and am looking forward to the next event. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Tilla · 03-10-2003, 10:48 AM

Coldwater,
I was trying to find out if you showed up. I was conducting the hunt tests. I hope your pup enjoyed meeting the pheasants. Were you with you significant other and a chocolate pup? If so, I saw you watching behind me. Dave ran the puppy event that day, great guy. Pups are cool.
Lured In,
I ran Josie as a junior and did a senior blind, she did very well. My wife stayed hame, but the weather was actually tolerable. Neil was there and I stopped by for a few at his place afterwards
I also saw that gal with the talented Chocolate he's been talking about in Master!