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North American Hunting Retriever Association

"Conservation of game through the development of trained retrievers" NAHRA’s purpose is to discove Tests are designed to simulate a day's hunt in the field.

The NAHRA concept is based solely on simulating real hunting situations, both upland hunting and waterfowling. The purpose is not to confront the dog with trick problems, but rather to test the dog's natural ability and acquired training. Under the NAHRA concept, the objective is to recover the bird as quickly and efficiently as possible, to create the least amount of disturbance in the marsh and

field and to give the hunter the maximum amount of time to actually take game. Dogs are placed in five categories based on ability not age: Beginner, Started, Hunter, Intermediate, and Senior. Dogs do not compete against one another for placements, but rather their performances are judged individually against a "standard."

05/09/2026

The countdown is ON 🔥🐾

The North American Hunting Retriever Association Invitational is officially CLOSED with 33 incredible dogs entered! 🙌

We can’t wait to see everyone, watch these amazing teams in action, and celebrate all the hard work that got them here.
Safe travels and good luck to all handlers and dogs it’s going to be an exciting event! 🦆🐕

04/29/2026

2026 NAHRA Invitational
The entry deadline is May 8th.

Enter at 2026 NAHRA Invitational here:

https://nahrainvitational.net/registration/

For dogs that are not currently qualified
(but hope to in the next month), they too
must enter on or before May 8th.

If the dog(s) do not subsequently qualify, the owner or handler will be granted a refund of their entry fee(s). The qualification period ends May 31.

04/26/2026

Tis the season! Field Tests are running around the country! Check hunt secretary for open premiums. Tests this weekend in New York and Virginia. A group of handlers/judges from Navesink in NJ headed north to participate in Leatherstocking's upland test. We had participants from Alaska and Vermont!The weather wasn't great Saturday but they made the best of it! Another fun weekend in the field. Next up for the Eastern Region, Navesink field test May 16th and 17th.

04/09/2026

Northern Piedmont Retriever Club will

not be holding a lower stakes event this spring. We encourage all that are running Started, Hunter and Intermediate levels to attend Eastern Shore RC or Navesink River HRC, or both!.

NPRC will have a lower stakes event in September.

04/06/2026

Eastern Shore Retriever Club - Double Lower and Triple Upper Field Test

Fri, April 24, 2026 - Sun, April 26, 2026
Location - Onancock, VA

Entries are open on Hunt Secretary, go sign up!

03/13/2026

Check out our fresh YouTube channel! We recorded some footage of a NAHRA upland working and master test last weekend. We want everyone to see what the test is all about and how much fun the event is! Spoiler alert, there's a dog with over 2500 points in these videos...summer, lets see if you can find her!
https://youtu.be/Mkb4wMSTWBg?si=qaIL48fmJnIxELDR

03/08/2026

Great catching up with NAHRA friends in South Carolina and having a blast running our dogs at an AKC Master Test! 🐾

Michael Swank from Wisconsin with MHR-I Way-Da-Go Maggie’s June Bug MH! New MH as of today!

Vicki Butler from Vermont with
GMHR-III Caernac’s FXDL- Girls just wanna have fun! earning her 2nd AKC Master Pass!
Congratulations

02/15/2026

https://youtu.be/L2x-qGiZu74

🏆 What is the NAHRA Invitational? 🏆Discover the excitement of the NAHRA Invitational, the national stage of hunting retriever competitions! NAHRA, the Nort...

02/08/2026

Saturday's Virtual NAHRA Judges' and Handlers' Clinic was a success with 24 judges and 11 handlers participating. A few areas with added discussion focused on unnecessary disturbance of cover during a marking test, scalloping and holding a cast during blind retrieves, hunting with the handler and gunner line during the upland test, and a caution about the location of the "bird" bucket during the trailing test. Consider discussing these topics (and others) during your winter and spring training days.

For more information on becoming a judge, log into the NAHRA website and go to the Judges' Corner in the Member section. Also, under the Judging menu is a "Dialogue" section with dicussion of various topics.

As dates are set, field tests and upland tests are posted to the Events menu.

02/03/2026

Don't forget to check hunt secretary, 2026 NAHRA events have been added and will continue.

Navesink River HRC in NJ hosting an upland field test , March 7th and 8th. Don't forget to sign up!

Our NAHRA Upland test is open on hunt secretary‼️
WHEN: March 7th and 8th
WHERE: Soggy Bottom Game Preserve in Hope,NJ.

https://www.huntsecretary.com/eventinfo.asp?mhuntid=1007663

Join us for a fun day of dog work and help the club by supporting this event, it’s going to be a great one! *Also Please refer to the NAHRA rule book for what you can expect for each stake. Hope to see everyone there!

02/02/2026

Reminder - Sign up for Saturday's Virtual Judge's and Handler's Clinic (Feb 7)
Website "Announcement" update: link to Sandy Zandlo's obituary

Address

PO Box 5159
Fredericksburg, VA
22403

Telephone

(540) 899-7620

Website

http://www.nahra.org/

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