Micki & Bill Petrovish
612 D. Street
Marysville, CA. 95901 (spend time in Montana)
(530) 632-LABS
Inland Valley Retriever Club
Kate Urquidi
1009 Wigwam Ave
Arcadia, CA. 91006
626-359-8393
training days—newcomers very welcome
Lab Retriever Club of Southern California
Lauren Bullock
12682 Vista Panorama
Santa Ana, CA. 92705
714-628-9807
training days—newcomers /any breed retrievers welcome
Greg Gersbach
Los Alamos, California
Excellent with newcomers; training days;
individual or group; very good with Goldens
805-598-4733
Monterey Bay Hunting Retriever Club
Wendy Johnston
780 Country Club Drive
Carmel Valley, CA 93924-9559 Wendy@maverickgoldens.com
831-659-2350
welcomes newcomers to training days
Alternative source for MBHRC
Pat Johnson
1980 Day Valley Rd.
Aptos, CA. 95003 lapakelu@cruzio.com
Hills Ferry Hunting Retriever Club www.hillsferryhrc.com
P. O. Box 118
Browns Valley, CA. 95918
Harry Markos 209-613-7299
San Diego Retriever & Field Trial Club
Susan Wing
1354 Blue Falls Dr.
Chula Vista, CA. 91910
619-421-4566
NE Florida www.NEFHRC.com
very active club, very welcoming and
supportive of newcomers. Monthly training
days specifically geared to folks who are new
to the retriever game.
Mid-Florida GRC
Camille Doehring
3015 Delaney Ave.
Orlando, FL 32806
407-859-4571 www.NFGRC.org
Very active
Encourages newcomers
Central Florida HRC
very active
Check with hrc website www.cfhrc.net
Days End Retrievers
Jerry & Jean Day
1047BoBo Banks Rd.
Grantville, GA 30220
House/Kennel 404-308-5269 Cells 404-406-5878;
404-406-6093
Web Site under construction
Working with young dog
Turtle Creek Sporting Dogs
Kim Trafton & Lee Smith
478-299-3815 www.turtlecreeksportingdogs.com 410-758-2800 http://www.oakdaleretrievers.com blklabs@oakdaleretrievers.com
Will supply references
A small training facility specializing in training of all retrievers for field & obedience. Very high success with conformation Goldens due to motivational training program.
Lonny Taylor
Taylor Made Retrievers
1222 Arlington Dr.
Wichita, KS 67219
Winters in TX; Summers in CO
Cell Phone: 316-259-2009 www.proretrievertraining.com
Sunflower Retriever Club Marcia Traylor
842 S. Volutsia
Wichita, KS 67211
316-684-7590 www.sunflowerretrieverclub.com
Very active. Weekly training group every Wednesday night during spring/summer
Very excited about new prospects
Have a yearly fun trial/Supersingle competition also
Paragon Retrievers www.paragonretrievers.com
Kris & Dawn Bolan
11750 Hogan Rd
Clinton, MI 49236
734-320-9159
husband & wife both train & wife works
with behavioral problems as well
Lake Country Retriever Club www.lcretrieverclub.org
training nights & helpful to beginners
Minneapolis/St Paul area
Northern Flights Hunting Retriever Association
Deb Powell
7275 261st Ave NE
Stacy, MN 55097 d_c_powell@msn.com
651-335-2840 www.nfhra.org
training nights & good with beginners
Greater Twin Cities GRC www.gtcgrc.org
Starting to offer help for beginners
HoHum’s Retrievers
Gordon Schlichting
24306 County Rd #2
Cold Springs, MN 56320
320-685-8997
hohumsretrievers@aol.com
Marty Newport
HighMark Retrievers
10417 Sullivan Road
Hernando, MS 38632
662-449-0904 (home after dark Central Time)
901-493-7267 Cell---will return calls as soon as possible
Dave Sears www.riverbenzlabs.com
811 Main St.
Fremont, NH 03044
603-895-5457
Good with newcomers
Diane Brunelle dsbrunelle@hotmail.com
Willing to be a contact for New England areas
Says the Clubs all have websites and hold training days
Very open to new members and guests at training
Would be happy to point any requests in the right
direction based upon venue/proximity
Miriam Wade
Would help someone network if they live
in New England area
Also willing to help newcomers get started Miriamwade@aol.com
Buck Shope
1 Hickory Club Road
Orange, MA 01364
978-544-7891
Jim Pickunka
149 Mill Glen Road
Winchedon, MA 01425
978-297-1732
Yankee Waterfowlers HRC
Charlie Devlin
185 Mowry St.
Harrisville, RI 02830 devlin@tp.net
401-567-7963
Great Club for beginners. Patient and helpful
with new folks and dogs of all breeds and abilities.
Have consistent training days, fun events. www.ywhrc.com
Southern Berkshire GRC
Paula Richard
340 Whipple Avenue
Oakland, RI 02858
Alternative Source
Southern Berkshire Golden Retriever Club
Elise Kremer
15 Ridgewood Dr.
Marlborough, CT 06447-1237 www.sbgrc.org
Yankee GRC www.yankeegrc.org
3 levels of field classes every Spring in MA
Fundamentals, WC/WCX
Hudson Highlands http://www.hhhra.us
Scott Leonescue
37 Christine Court
West Mifflin, NJ 07489
201-9553-1237
Hudson Highlands Hunting Retriever Association
Corres. Sec: Joy DiVencenzi
501 Washington St.
Boonton, NJ, 07005-2062 lcdrjoy@yahoo.com
Alternative source
Hudson Highlands Hunting Retriever Assoc.
Joe Coppola
joco@fxidesigns.com
Navesink River Hunting Retriever Club
Janice Easterbrook
24MainBayway
TomsRiver,NJ 08753
732-270-2149 http://www.navesinkriver-hrc.com/
Hamilton/Trenton area of NJ
Contact: Brian Lynn brianlynn76@yahoo.com
brian.lynn@bonniercorp.com
Sonya and Chuck Hutchason also South Dakota
Triple Quest Kennels
ninnemantqk@aol.com
Sonya’s number 505-980-4480
Chuck’s number 605-456-6016
They thrive on newcomers
Roadrunner Hunting Retriever Club
Bill Archer, President Bjarcher_lists@comcast.net
Richard Hansen, Vice President
Golden Retriever Club of Central New York
Janis Tyler
8587 Bayview Dr.
Cicero, NY 13039 www.grccny.org
Iroquoise Labrador Retriever Club
Michelle Sarek
11939 Parker Rd.
East Aurora, NY `14052-9533 www.lrc2.org metroreporting@aol.com
Alternative source
Iroquoise Labrador Retriever Club
Lesa Chudyk
304 Whitney Rd.
Penfield, NY 14534
bugsy@localnet.com
Long Island Golden Retriever Club
Field Contact: Guy Fornuto
e-mail:fornut1125@gmail.com
phone 631-979-0873
Club website: www.ligrc.org
Club e-mail: ligrc@optonline.net
We have people training every day at all levels in the field.
Mitch White
Gamekeepers Retrievers
16100 Township Road 390
Frazeysburg, Ohio 43822
740-828-2493
Mitch has been training goldens, flats, labs,chessies, poodles and tollers for many years. He has put Master Hunter titles on many dogs. He is an AKC judge and gives seminars all over the country on training your dog on such subjects as basic, handling, set ups etc. He gives private lessons or the dog can stay at Gamekeeper's new kennel facility, for training from gun dog to hunt test. He offers a solid program from start to finish. He knows how to read dogs, he is fair with them. He produces a stylish happy working retriever.
Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers
89354 Old Mohawk Rd.
Springfield, OR 97478
541-988-2071 gundog2002@gmail.com
Does mostly young dog training and new trainer
handler lessons. Has two clubs locally that provide
opportunities for beginners to get started with their dogs.
Clubs have training groups. Paul is contact for the Clubs
Umpqua Valley Retriever Club
Susan Souder
207 Blands Lane
Roseburg, OR 97470
541-673-0739 clubuvrc@hotmail.com www.uvrconline.com
Monthly training days with flyers. JH to MH levels.
DuskyHunting Retriever Club www.duskyhrc.com
Recently formed UKC HT Club in Eugene, OR Area
monthly training days
Mid-South Hunting Retriever Club
Gayle Moore
329 North McLean
Memphis, TN 38112
901-725-1444
FoggMoore@aol.com
Weekly training. Newcomers always welcome
Also can contact Lynne Briggs 901-854-0565 for more info
Jody Ware
423-718-5042
East Tennessee Amat. Retriever Club
Roberta Williams
P. O, Box 4131
Sevierville, TN 37964-4131 sharphlw@usit.net
865-428-0139
Very receptive to newcomers
Linda Brewer
1031 Falcon Road
Selmer, TN 38375
731-645-9796
Blue Ridge Retriever Club
Nancy Thomas
P. O. Box 243
Mineral, VA 23117
540-894-0910
Rappahannock Retriever Club
Gini Johnson
12921 Dunbarton Drive
Bristow, VA 20136 ginijohnson@aol.com
Tidewater Retriever Club
Linda Downey
300 County Line Rd.
Midlothian, VA 23112
804-794-8212
Good with Goldens
All threeClubs great for beginners
Brad Slaybaugh www.windmereretrievers.com
209 Windmere Dr.
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
804-526-6189
More than willing to help beginners
Contact for Tidewater Retriever Club’s training days
Kristen Hoffman
804-556-2042
Richmond, VA
heronhawk1@aol.com
Fox Valley Retriever Club http://www.foxvalleyrc.com
Michele Henry
8614 W. Morgan Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53228
414-546-0176
Remarkably friendly to newcomers.
Ten Mile Kennels
Greg & Karen Ye
1182 140th Ave
New Richmond, WI 54017-6421
715-246-7040 www.tenmilekennels.com
yez@frontier.net
about 45 mins. East of St. Paul/Minneapolis
Dave Ward
W1599 Hwy TW
Theresa, WI 53091
Cell Phone: 920-650-0553
Sue Kiefer Choctaw@frontiernet.net
E 8579 Rindt Road
Clintonville, WI 54929-9081
715-823-2021
Ron Beck www.hunterstracekennel.com
Does just basics and just Goldens
Patient with beginners, both dogs & people
NAHRA CLUBS:
NAHRA Clubs -- go to NAHRA website and look up Clubs. They always welcome new persons and are very active in various parts of the country. www.huntingretrievercvlub.org
