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Sponsors
Purina Pro Plan, a NAVHDA Sponsor
Garmin/Tri-Tronics - a NAVHDA Sponsor
Ugly Dog Hunting - a NAVHDA Sponsor
Ruffland Performance Kennels
Conservation Partners

NEPA Ruffed Grouse Society
Quail Forever
 
 
 
 

Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the Hickory Run Chapter will be held in the upstairs conference room at Cabela’s in Hamburg, PA on Sunday, January 26th, 2025. The Executive Council meeting will be held at 11:00 AM and the general membership meeting will be held at 1:00 PM (13:00 hrs.). 



Training Documents:
Below are documents available to assist members in preparing for our monthly training events. It is highly recommended that you review the documents in order to get the most benefit from training. The document is a list of Notes and Suggestions to help handlers prepare for training and how training is conducted. The Checklist is a list of items that handlers should try and bring with them for training days. The training committee asks all members to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to training on Saturday to help set up as well as distribute the training birds for the weekend.


 

September Training, Picnic photos by Renee Stoll, Field photos by Barbara Brookman

     
 
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
   
     

 


Hickory Run NAVHDA - Officers and Training Committee
Executive Council
Marlene Lopes - President
Nicholas Turner -Vice President
Floyd Miller - Secretary
Rich Brookman - Treasurer
George Nichols - Director
Sharon Merkel - Director
Mark Frederick - Director
Test Secretary - Melissa Turner


Training Committee
George Nichols and JohnSalter
Co-Coordinators
Including Executive Council Members
Axel Waldkirch
Mark Blasko
Lonnie Maywald
Andrew Uhler
Mike Bigus
Roger Allen
Doug Harris
Robert Thigpen
Michelle Thigpen
Steve Skoransk
Rich Johnson
James Snyder
 

Membership: Membership renewal for the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA are due in January. New members are welcome at any time. Please send the completed application and Release of Liability forms along with your dues (see forms) to Floyd F. Miller, 131 Antler Lane, Kunkletown, PA 18058. Pricing is on the Application.

Welcome to the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA International. The Chapter is located in the Allentown, PA area and will hold regular training sessions and testing events. The testing and the monthly weekend training will be held at a variety of locations. Learn first hand the various steps involved in training a versatile hunting dog.

NAVHDA training is designed to prepare the dog and handler for hunting and the NAVHDA testing. The training will include: pointing; steadiness to wing, shot, and fall; retrieval to hand from land or water; game tracking; gun sensitivity control; heeling; and backing or honoring another dog’s point.


 

 
Mission: 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.
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
             
 
Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA

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