2023/2024 WINTER TRAINING CLASS DETAILS

As many of you head into the marsh and duck blind this morning for the opening of duck season, the Midnight Sun Gun Dog Association would like to thank all its members, volunteers, and participants for a wonderful 2015 field test season. The hard work and dedication you put in this year has paid off. Hopefully you will see the results of the training and testing you put in this year.

MSGDA is already hard at work and looking forward to the 2016 season. You can now find tentative 2016 event dates on our website, www.msgda.org. We will once again have our annual fundraiser and banquet in April, picnic and NAHRA field tests in May and June, and July we will have our Alaska Regional, and finish up the year with a field and upland test. We are also looking at bringing up more than one outside judge for each event next year, especially since our Started and Hunter level participants have grown.

Looking for birds? MSGDA still has some live Chukar and Pigeon for sale. If interested, please contact Kent Bull @ 229-2951. Also, MSGDA has remote and ready for remote Upland box launchers for sale, if you are interested or for more details please contact the webmaster at [email protected]

Once again, thanks for a wonderful year. Please enjoy this time of year with your dogs and family and we hope your outings into the field are successful.

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Fall/Winter Training Classes

2023/2024 WINTER TRAINING CLASS DETAILS

MSGDA is happy to once again be teaming up with Baron Rea at Wetland Retrievers to provide retriever training this fall and into early winter. Field work will typically be held in various locations in the valley, there may be classroom classes help in Anchorage. Classes are scheduled to begin in late October and run until early January 2024. Exact dates will be announced later on. Classes are typically scheduled for Saturdays, but there will be a few Sunday classes.

We will once again have an advanced class that starts at 10am, and a Started/Early Transition class with a start time of noon. Each class is limited to 15 dogs, and we ask that you limit 1 dog per handler per class. Please sign up quick as classes will fill. We require that each participate is a current 2023 or new 2024 member. Questions can be directed to MSGDA at this email address. [email protected].

Wondering what class your dog should be in? Started dogs need early obedience, field into, early multiple marks, force fetch, and collar conditioning. Started dogs need to get through basic handling such as T and baseball before moving up.

Advanced dogs should be completely forced fetched, collar conditioned and are past T work. These dogs should be able to run patterns, and at a minimum run established blinds with a gun in the field. Advance dogs should be steady at the line, capable of doing multiple marks, and stop on a whistle and accepts cast to change direction.

Please understand your dog may get moved up or down during these classes based on its level and performance.

Current Spots available as of 9/21/2023

Started: 15

Advanced: 15

BOTH CLASSES ARE CURRENTLY OPEN, we will update once classes are full, but spots sometimes do become available. Please Email [email protected] to be put on the waiting list.

2023/2024 WINTER TRAINING CLASS DETAILS

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Fall/Winter Training Classes

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