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NAVHDA NA Test

JOHN DUCLOS | All Hunting Articles
Posted 04/08/2025




We were thrilled last year to announce that my Ryman Setter, Roux, earned a Prize III in the NAVHDA Natural Ability Test on August 30th 2024. In the same event, one of my clients’ dogs achieved a Prize I, marking an outstanding milestone in their training and performance. A few months later we headed to Maine for Grouse and Woodcock hunting and she did absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, midseason, I tore my Achilles tendon and not only my season, but her season was cut short.
Because her season was cut, at the end of the year I took her to a hunting preserve where she continued to impress.
 

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JEFF DAVIS 
Saturday 12th April 2025 07:54:26 PM

Awesome! Congratulations. Sorry to hear about your injury, hope youre doing better.