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A Final Goodbye

A Celebration of Life in honor of Sallie P. Sullivan was held on Saturday, March 16, 2024 prior to the opening of the Tallahassee Hunting Retriever Club Spring Hunt Test at Borderline Plantation in Thomasville,

Last Chance for Clubs to Vote on Bylaws

Please encourage your Club to vote on recent By Laws updates! MNRC needs updates to our ByLaws and we want your participation. Please read the President’s explanation of what needs updating and the ByLaw updates

Judge, Handler Gene Byrd Dies

The Master National is sad to report that former Master National judge and longtime hunt test handler Gene Byrd has passed away. Gene of Baltimore, Maryland was 84. Gene (DOC) was a founding member of

2024 Winter Board Meeting

The 2024 Master National Retriever Club Board of Directors met for their annual Winter Board Meeting February 8-11 in Paducah, Kentucky. MNRC President Keith Kiesow and 2024 Chief Marshal Annette Pacheco along with Tim Kreher

Apply to AKC for MNH Title

Are you new to the Master National Hall of Fame? The American Kennel Club has approved an MNH title for retrievers. The MNH, which stands for Master National Hunter, title will be in addition to

First Time Breeds Earn MNH Title

A Standard Poodle and a Boykin Spaniel are first in their breeds to be Hall of Fame retrievers. Congratulations to Duxbury My Ten Cents MH51 MNH SHU, call name Dime on becoming the first Poodle

Remembering Those We Lost in 2023

2023 was a particularly difficult year for the Master National community.  We lost so many special friends to our sport in just one year.  In remembrance of those lost, the MNRC presented a Memorial Banner,

Region 1 Elects New Director

Congratulation to Jeffrey Henderson newly elected to the Board of Directors representing Region 1. Former Region 1 Director Robby Griffin did not seek re-election. MNRC thanks Robby for his years of dedicated service to the

SetUp Week 2023

Thank you to Barbara Bozeman of Sights and Hounds Photography for these photos taken during set up week October 21 – 25 at the Boston and Pavo Testing properties.

2023 Master National Retiring Dogs

Each year as the number of participants grows it becomes increasingly difficult to be able to view the Hall of Fame and Retiring Dog videos. This year, we did try to run the videos inside

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