AKC Licensed Flushing Breed Hunting Tests

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REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1, 2018

ARCTIC BIRD DOG ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB LICENSED

 

2018 FLUSHING BREEDS HUNTING TEST DATES
(click event number to download test premiums)

July 28 & 29 - AKC Event #'s: 2018440203 & 2018440204
To be held at Point MacKenzie farms
(please note these are separate events for registration purposes)

Closes Monday July 23rd at 6 pm ADT

Sept 1 & 2 - AKC Event #'s: 2018440207 & 2018440208
To be held in the North Pole area, exact location to be determined
(please note these are separate events for registration purposes)

 Closes Monday August 27 at 6 pm ADT

JUNIOR HUNTER, SENIOR HUNTER AND MASTER HUNTER CLASSES
FOR FLUSHING BREEDS WILL BE OFFERED AT THESE TESTS

These Hunting Tests are held under the Rules and Procedures of the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB (AKC).

Tests are open to all AKC registered Flushing breeds, including those that have been granted Indefinite Listing Privileges (ILPs). 

Judging Method

Dogs will be judged on their breed's hunting style.

Each national breed club competing in flushing hunt tests, has a written description of their breed's hunting style.

Those documents can be found on the American Kennel Club website at this link:

AKC Hunting Styles

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

• Bitches in season will not be permitted to run

RUNNING ORDER: 

Dogs may be run in an order different from the order in which they are drawn when, in the opinion of the Judges or Hunting Test Committee,

such will result in a reasonable and desirable saving of time or in the conduct of the event. This provision does not apply to late arrivals.

BIRDS:

Quail and/or chukar partridges shall be used in the land series of Junior, Senior and Master Hunting Tests.

PRIZES:

Standard AKC Ribbons to all dogs receiving a qualifying score.

Regulations and Standards of Performance for AKC Hunting Tests for Spaniels: RHTSPN