News

• Freddie Epp — A Field Trial Legend

  By Dave Fletcher - Nov 19
  Freddie Epp was a legendary field trial trainer and handler who we all knew and loved from the time we first met him, and as long as we knew ...
  

• Farewell to the Cap’n

  By Mike Crouse - Nov 19
  I was working dogs at home the morning of November 2 when the phone rang. My friend B. J. Wright was calling. He simply said, “The Cap'n is ...
  
• Snow Forces Postponement of Trial

  Lehigh Valley Pointer and Setter Club

  By Ernie Saniga - Nov 16
  Eight inches of snow in the Seven Valleys, Pa., environs has forced cancelation of the Lehigh Valley trials that had been scheduled for the ...
  

• Ozark Open Shooting Dog Championship

  By Steve Messick - Nov 15
  There's a judging change for the Ozark Open Shooting Dog Championship. Advertised judge Earl Connolly had to step down due to personal reasons. ...
  

• Random Notes . . .

  Nov 15
  An update. Earlier issues noted the accident that sidelined trainer-handler David Grubb and forced his retirement from the professional handler ...
  
• Personality Profile

  Mike Reeves — Retired Lawman, English Setter Aficionado

  By Andy Wert - Nov 12
  Mike Reeves was born in a small town called Rushville, Ind., in 1966 and grew up in southwest rural Henry County. His dad was a pharmacist and his ...
  

• Ozark and Arkansas Open Shooting Dog Championships

  By Steve Messick - Nov 08
  Regarding the Ozark and Arkansas Open Shooting Dog Championships. It is with great pleasure that SportDog has joined us in becoming a sponsor. ...
  

• American Quail Classic Cancelled

  By Lisa C. Little, ... - Nov 08
  It is with much disappointment and sadness that I write this letter. After many discussions the officers of the Clarksville Pointer and Setter ...
  
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  Purina Handler of the Year Awards

  Nov 08
  Handling dogs to the winners' circle in Ohio and North Carolina has given Luke Eisenhart more than a 300 point lead in the current Purina Handler ...
  
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  Flashback . . .

  Nov 08
  Fall is pheasant stakes time and the clock is turned back to 1953, 65 years ago, to Baldwinsville, New York and the National Pheasant Championship....