Navesink River Hunting Retriever Club - New Egypt, New Jersey

Our first training day of 2009 on March 9 was a great success. Special thanks to Mike for putting it on and to Chris for sharing his birds with us. Everyone there helped out, and a great time was had by all. Plan to attend our next one, and before that, plan to come to our March 21 demo (details on Calendar page).

Scott Unkel, Tom Moore, and Debbie Brennan have been busy and gotten organized for our May 9-10 Double Everything. Check out our premium by clicking on this link. Entries are available by clicking HERE. Put them on your calendar now, whether to help out, to enter, or both.

Note that NRHRC is working out a training agenda. We began March 1 with gun safety and basic control/obedience. More will be incorporated into the next session. These plans will help us all advance, and will polish up the finer points for the advanced dogs.

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2009 DUES ARE DUE before April 1, or you will be a lapsed member. Go to the About Us page and scroll to the very bottom. Click the hyperlink for the form. As noted there, send the check and signed form to the Secretary.

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Our newly designed website is still in progress. Sorry it isn't up yet, but from what I've seen of Allison's design work, it will definitely be worth it. Keep checking!

Navesink River Hunting Retriever Club was founded in 1985 to promote the training of retrievers in New Jersey. Today we continue with this effort by hosting training sessions and licensed hunt tests as well as club Gun Dog tests through out the year. Our members come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, with most of our events being held in the central NJ area. The dogs trained by club members are just as diverse and while the majority are Labrador Retrievers, we also have Golden Retrievers, Curly Coated Retrievers, Flat Coat Retrievers, Nova Scotia Duck Tollers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, and Boykin Spaniels. We welcome people and dogs of all ages and abilities. While some members are also breeders and are working toward obtaining titles on their dogs, others are training for a better trained hunting dog or just a better companion.

We are affiliated with the North American Hunting Retriever Association (NAHRA), an association dedicated to the conservation of game through the use of trained retrievers. There are currently 12 clubs in the North East Region of NAHRA hosting tests throughout the year, as well as several clubs in the Mid Atlantic Region. For more information on the NAHRA program visit www.nahra-news.org.

We invite you to come to a training session if you are interested in what we do. Check out our calendar of events for information.

Welcome to the Navesink River Hunting Retriever Club!

Please take a moment and browse through our website, as it could lead to the best decision you’ll make since becoming a dog owner.

Our club offers an environment that can help you and your dog achieve skills beyond your training expectations. Whether you simply want a happy, safe and obedient pup; a dependable hunting companion; or you aspire to earn the title of Grand Master Hunting Retriever, our club can help you realize those desires and dreams.

We are a group comprised of average people—husbands, wives and families—who have an extensive knowledge of retriever training. We support and encourage each other and enjoy sharing our experience with new trainers.

Club training sessions offer an opportunity to learn a variety of training skills—from beginning to advanced—and just as important, they offer your dog an opportunity to learn social skills around other dogs and people that training by yourself doesn’t provide.

Training a dog for the field can be a challenge, especially if it’s your first “real” hunting dog. All of our members have been there and have learned valuable lessons—lessons you can take advantage of by avoiding similar mistakes and keeping training simple and straightforward for your dog.

Our members run their dogs in NAHRA and AKC hunt and field tests and have won top honors in New Jersey Waterfowlers and Tuckerton Decoy Show gun dog competitions. Some of our members however have no interest in competition and just enjoy training outstanding hunting retrievers—which is what we’re all about. As a collective force, our club can make training easier and more enjoyable for both you and your pup.

While browsing our site look at the calendar of events and make plans to join us at a club training day or feel free to call or email any member or officer. You won’t be disappointed. For a real treat try to attend our hunt test in May where you will see some of the best dog and handler teams from the north east.

Hope to see you training in the future!

Rodger Parkhust
Club President