The Lassen Retriever Club has served Shasta County and the
surrounding northern California counties for several decades. As a
501(c)(4) non-profit corporation , it was formed by people who were
dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of activities and events
related to their retrievers.
Club members are dedicated to the
preservation, enjoyment, training, competition and hunting of the retriever
breeds. This group includes Labrador Retrievers, Golden
Retrievers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Flat-coated Retrievers,
Curly-coated Retrievers, Irish Water Spaniels, Nova Scotia Duck
Tolling Retrievers, and Standard
Poodles.
The love of their dogs
and the skills that are learned through training, have helped to
advance the status of the dogs as hunting and working retrievers.
The entire membership believes now, even as they did when the club
was first formed, that a well and properly trained retriever is
the foremost conservation tool in the preservation of our
waterfowl and upland game bird population.
The events sponsored
by the Lassen Retriever Club are informal training sessions,
picnic events for the entire family and American Kennel Club
licensed field trials and hunting retriever tests. All of these
events are held in Shasta County on a regular basis.
An AKC licensed field trial is held every
February. This trial attracts top field trial champion dogs from
around the country and is one of the first trials to kick off the
West Coast circuit.
An AKC licensed
hunting test is held every March or April and again attracts top hunting
dogs from the West Coast area. The hunting tests are set up with
no competition between dogs, but against a set of standards and
are geared more towards simulating natural hunting situations.
Although the standards for each of these events are different, the
ultimate goal of a well-trained and well-behaved retriever is the
final reward.
If you feel that one
of the retriever breeds is the dog for you, it only makes sense to
enhance your enjoyment of your retriever by learning more about
the breed. Part of your enjoyment should also be obedience
training and the sharpening of hunting skills through actual
training in the field in natural upland game and waterfowl
settings.
No matter what the
setting, one of the retriever breeds may be one of the most
enjoyable companions that you will ever experience in your home
and in the outdoors.
