Training is a key part of belonging to OHRC. We respect our members right to hunt and enjoy the various hunting seasons in the fall and winter months. We train just about every Saturday starting in March through September, stop back for more updates on locations and events. Upcoming 2008 events: OHRCTraining Days April 5 – Lake La Su An (Directions) April 12 – Sean & Sherree Barbey’s (Directions) April 19 – No training due to local hunt test (Sandusky Bay/Lake Erie HRC) April 26 – Kalida (Directions) May 3 - Diver Down Kennels (Directions) May 10 - Ronnie Long "15 Acre Wetland Training" $5 per person cost (Directions) May 17 - Training day at Bill Staggs - canceled. More details to come. May 24 - No Club Training "Happy Memorial Day Weekend!" May 31 - Pioneer Scout Reservation (Directions) July 5th: No Club Training "Happy 4th of July Weekend!" July 12th & 13th 2008 - Retrievers Challenge is your opportunity as a handler to improve how you run blinds, handle your dog and just plain have fun. Sean Barbey will host this event that has become quite popular with handlers throughout the Midwest. Located in Greenbush Michigan (4 1/2 hours north of Toledo) its the perfect summer get-a-way. You owe it to your dog to sign up for this event, please contact Chet Welch at 419-215-4482 for more information. Space is limited, first 16 paid handlers will reserve your spot, $100 non-refundable deposit due by May 31, 2008. (Directions) July 19th: Carlin's Property (Directions) *CANCELLED* * Due to an unexpected situation member Stan Wright will not be able to attend, therefore we need to cancel this weeks training day. Stan promises that we will be able to get back there yet this year. July 26th: Lake La Su An (Directions) August 2nd: Lake Oxbow (Directions) August 9th: Retriever Clinic - Marshmutt Manor Labs (Directions) We've had many great ideas for the upcoming 2008 Training schedule, the following are some planned events: Blind Work - 2 times per month followed by marks. Open to all ages of dogs however dogs younger than 10 months old are probably not ready for this. But feel free to show up if you have a younger dog and want to learn how to get your dog ready to run blinds. Blind concepts will start out as simple blind work, how to run your dog on a blind to more complex blinds with greater influencing factors. Marks - 2 times per month. Open to dogs of all levels. Concepts will range from simple single marks to more complex marking drills. Training will be dedicated to concepts, introducing more complex factors and not testing. Mock Hunt Tests - 3 times per year. Club sponsored mock hunt tests will be set up and run. "Shot Flyers" training day. Ever wanted to run a shot flyer with your dog? Here's your opportunity, we will have in order shot flyers, out of order shot flyers and basic introduction to shot flyers for younger dogs. See the influencing factors of shot flyers. While you don't see a whole lot of shot flyers in HRC events they are very common in AKC hunt tests and you just never know when you may run across this in a test. There will be a cost for birds, more details to come. Force Fetch Session- Introduction on how to properly force fetch your dog. More details to come about this. Obdience Session- learn proper dog etiquette, holding blind manners, dog to the line drills, proper healing for your dog. More details to come about this. Upland Training - Upland tests are becoming very popular and many of our members are now running upland tests as well as regular tests. We will try to have some upland training days in January, February and March 2008. Stop back for more details on Upland training days.

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