Photos

Below are several photographs of our dogs and members taken during some of our training clinics. To see blow-ups of the pictures, click on any of the thumbnail pictures below. After viewing the blown-up picture, click the "Back" button on your browser to return to this page.

	Using a check cord and a pigeon to teach a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy to whoa upon scenting a bird. This lesson brings out the instinct to point in the puppy.
	Lessons with a puppy must be short and happy experiences. At this stage, we are only trying to get the puppy interested in birds. And all lessons must end with a fun experience, like this Vizsla puppy's wild run through the country.
	Another approach for building a puppy's enthusiasm for birds and for the water is to let them chase a duck with its wings clipped. The dogs never catch the duck, but the chase builds their enthusiasm.
	Not all work is done in the field. NAVHDA encourages the use of a training table to work on simple obedience skills, particularly on the "whoa" command.
	Doing some water work at the Imperial Wildlife Area. Dave Awbrey and Diane Blackwood are preparing their Vizslas for a water retrieve.
	This photo shows two German Shorthaired Pointers doing field work. The younger dog establishes point and the older dog honors the point of the first dog. This is called "backing".
	Our chapter provides dogs for young and novice hunters at DFG-sponsored Family and Junior Pheasant Hunts. Here member Lolly Gores and her Brittany Taylor pose with a proud young hunter and his pheasant.
	Several German Shorthaired Pointers, Vizslas and one Weimaraner are waiting their turn at one of our training clinics.
	Several of our members and their dogs posing for a group photo at one of our training clinics.