MSDA’s May newsletter is available. This month we’re happy to look forward to fall with cooler weather and, of course, MSDA’s Fall Hunt Test Weekend, which will span three days and include five separate events. We also have reports on MSDA’s spring Field Obedience class series and the Mitch White retrieving seminar as well as other news and items from our calendar.
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August board meeting
The next MSDA board meeting will be Thursday evening, August 8. All MSDA members are welcome to attend and participate. This meeting will be held via Zoom, starting at 7:30 pm. Contact the Secretary, Melissa McMunn, via Secretary@mdsportingdog.org for more information.
Welcome new members
Welcome new members! Allen Ashby, Steven Larson, Michael McIntyre and Ron Ostrowski.
Photos from Mitch White retrieving seminar
On June 13, MSDA sponsored a seminar, “Retrieving for Upland Dogs” taught by Mitch White. Kate Ostrowski has kindly shared 130 (!) photos she took at the seminar. They are available on MSDA’s Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdsportingdog/albums/. Thanks, Kate!!!
Entries are open for Fall Hunt Test Weekend
MSDA’s annual Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD.
Here is an outline of what is planned including: a Judges and Handlers Seminar, three Spaniel Hunt Tests, and a Pointing Mock Junior Hunt Test. That page also has links to detailed information and entry forms for all events.
July board meeting
The next MSDA board meeting will be Thursday evening, July 11. All MSDA members are welcome to attend and participate. This meeting will be held via Zoom, starting at 7:30 pm. Contact the Secretary, Melissa McMunn, via Secretary@mdsportingdog.org for more information. (The June board meeting was cancelled.)
2024 MSDA Fall Hunt Test Weekend
MSDA’s annual Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD.
Here is an outline of what is planned including: a Judges and Handlers Seminar, three Spaniel Hunt Tests, and a Pointing Mock Junior Hunt Test.
We are still doing some final planning for the weekend so, even though you may see some events listed as “pending” or even “approved” on AKC and HuntSecretary websites, entries are not yet open. We expect to open entries for all Fall Hunt Test Weekend events no later than July.
MSDA’s May newsletter
MSDA’s May newsletter is available. This month we have an update on a June seminar focused on retrieving skills and a brief report on a partly rainy but still very fun and productive Field Day. Plus, there’s a Member Milestone and of course, other news and our calendar of more activities coming up in the next several months. As the weather heats up, MSDA’s calendar thins out during July and August, but we’re already actively planning fall events.
Save the date for Fall Hunt Test Weekend
Planning is underway for the MSDA Fall Hunt Test Weekend, this year spanning Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD. It’s going to be packed with activities, potentially including:
- Handlers’ and judges’ in-person spaniel hunt test seminar on Friday, with classroom time in the morning, a lunchtime panel discussion and guided observation of an actual hunt test in the afternoon.
- Pointing mock hunt tests on Saturday with morning and afternoon braces.
- Spaniel hunt tests, three in all, on Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday.
Much more information will be available soon here on the MSDA website and in a future club newsletter.
2024 Field Day photos
Although a bit of rain, especially in the morning, discouraged most photography, about 50 pictures from Field Day are available on MSDA’s Flickr account at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdsportingdog/albums/.