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/.
Category: Field Day
2024 Field Day deadlines approaching
Tick – tock! MSDA’s annual Field Day is only three weeks away and registration deadlines are approaching. If you want to order one of the awesome event shirts, you need to complete your online registration by Wednesday May 1. All Field Day entries close on Sunday, May 12.
Birds!
The cherry trees are bursting into bloom and our dogs’ thoughts naturally turn to…. BIRDS!
We’ve got ’em! MSDA’s Field Day is Saturday May 18th. It’s a full FUN day of field training for all bird dogs. More info and online registration are available now at https://mdsportingdog.org/field-day-current/
2024 MSDA Field Events – Dates
MSDA’s calendar of field events is filling up! Here’s what we are planning so far for 2024:
- Bird Instinct Clinics Saturday and Sunday, March 2 & 3, as part of the annual Spring Event at Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, MD. Details will be available in January.
- AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests on Saturday and Sunday, April 20 & 21, sponsored by the Clumber Spaniel Club of America, at Mt. Ararat Farms in Port Deposit, MD. Although Clumbers will have priority, other flushing breeds are also eligible to enter. MSDA will be providing assistance with this event. (We will not be holding our own weekend of hunt tests this spring.)
- Field Day, our annual FUN training day for bird dogs of all experience levels, will be Saturday, May 18 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton, MD. More information and on-line registration will be available in late February.
- Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday-Sunday, September 13-15 at Rebel Ridge Farms. MSDA is planning three days of AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests PLUS an in-person seminar, on Friday 9/13, for AKC hunt test judges, handlers and prospective handlers. We’re still very early in the planning process for this weekend; we may add other activities. More information will be available later in the year.
- Training Days for Flushing Dogs has been a huge hit over the past couple of years! Specific dates, locations and formats for 2024 are To-Be-Announced.
Field Day informative email
If you signed up for Field Day, you were just sent an email with a general schedule, parking instructions, a list of activities and lots more information – check your inbox! If you didn’t get it, please contact Pamela via FieldDays@mdsportingdog.org. See you Saturday!
Field Day – a record registration
Field Day registration is officially closed and we have a record 80 dogs signed up!
Field Day deadline is Sunday
Field Day — it’s about birds! Registration deadline is Sunday, 4/9!!
Field Day is almost here
Less than two weeks to Field Day!! The registration deadline is this coming Sunday, April 9th. Look who’s coming! We have one or more of each of the following breeds: Airedale, Boykin Spaniel, Brittany, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Clumber Spaniel, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Epagneul Breton, Field Spaniel, Flat-Coated Retriever, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Golden Retriever, Irish Red & White Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Pointer, Poodle, Spinone Italiano, Vizsla and Welsh Springer Spaniel.
Field Day – spaces available for Pointing dogs
Field Day is quickly approaching on April 15 at Rebel Ridge in Elkton MD. There are still openings with us for Pointing dogs. No experience, no problem. We encourage beginners to those attending AKC Field events to participate. Join us for a full day of training.
Field Day deadlines coming up
It’s less than 3 weeks to Field Day!! Deadlines coming up:
Wednesday, March 29: T-shirt order deadline
Sunday, April 9: Final Field Day registration deadline
Registrations continue to run ahead of the level of last year. With almost two weeks to go before the final registration deadline, we already have more dogs signed up than attended last year.