Not exact matches
Examples include, but are not limited to the Weimaraner Club of America (WCA), American Kennel Club (AKC), Canadian Kennel Club (CKC), North American Versatile
Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA), and other local breed clubs or all - breed performance clubs (like an obedience, agility or
hunting club)?
Our Purpose (directly friom their website): The North American Versatile
Hunting Dog Association is a legally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering, improving, promoting, and protecting the versatile hunting dog in North Ameri
Dog Association is a legally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering, improving, promoting, and protecting the versatile
hunting dog in North Ameri
dog in North America.
The American Kennel
Association says this about the breed: «Medium sized and bred to cover all terrain encountered by the walking hunter, the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon has been called the «4 - wheel drive of
hunting dogs» as he will enter briars or underbrush without hesitation.
There are a host of broad exemptions that will continue to allow breeding for (1) use of
dogs as service, guide or therapy animals, by search and rescue, law enforcement and other government agencies; (2) use of
dogs for herding or as livestock guardian
dogs or
hunting dogs; (3)
dogs or cats registered with the American Kennel Club, the Cat Fancier
Association or other recognized registry or trained and kept for the purpose of show, field trials or agility trials; and (4)
dogs or cats whose owner has obtained an unaltered animal permit.
For example, if the terms «guardian,» «cruelty,» and «puppy mill» occur frequently in organization materials or the
association opposes animal - based biomedical research, animal acts in circuses, eating meat or other animal products, wearing leather or fur,
hunting, breeding
dogs and cats, owning exotic animals, etc., the group is animal rights, not animal welfare.
The American Sighthound Field
Association sponsors lure coursing events, the Australian Shepherd Club of America and the United States Border Collie Club conduct herding trials for their breeds, and the North American Versatile
Hunting Dog Association conducts
hunting tests and trials for several sporting breeds.
Following various land reclamation projects, the breed was left jobless for some time, but according to the Lagotto Romagnolo
Association, it is during this time that the Lagotto had the chance to evolve into the truffle
hunting dog that we know today.
When we're not
hunting, we enjoy, and participate in Versatile
Hunting Dog Federation (VHDF), AKC Hunt Tests, and North American Versatile
Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) evaluations.