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• 2023 PBGVCA National & Regional Specialty

  • Start
    27 Mar 2023
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    (CDT)
  • End
    02 Apr 2023
  •  
    (CDT)
  • Location
    Y.O. Ranch Hotel & Conference Ctr., 2033 Sidney Baker St., Kerrville, TX 78028

  2023 Regional & National
  March 27-April 2, 2023
  Wanted ~ PBGVs

  Y.O. Ranch Hotel & Conference Center
  2033 Sidney Baker Street
  Kerrville, TX 78028

  Reservations: (830) 257-4440
  https://www.yoranchhotel.com/Website

  Tiffany Cannon, National Chair, alwayspbgv@gmail.com
  Lora Megli, Assistant Chair, lmegli@yahoo.com

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  National and Regional Specialties
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  Thurs. & Sat., March 30 – April 1, 2023

  Scent Work
  Premium List
  Weds., Mar. 29, 2023

  Agility 
  Premium List
  March 28, 2023

  
  

  You must mention you are with the PBGV National Specialty to get our package rate. Hotel reservation comes with 1 free breakfast each day and a discounted breakfast rate for others staying in the room.

  Limited RV Parking available in the hotel parking lot – please contact Tiffany Cannon if you need RV parking space (no electrical or hookups available on site) Further details about RV parking will be available at a later date.

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• PBGVCA Mid NJ Spring 2023 Hunt

  • Start
    21 Apr 2023
  • End
    23 Apr 2023
  • Location
    Carlisle Beagle Club, 150 Beagle Club Road, Carlisle, PA, 17013

  Mid NJ Spring 2023 Hunt

  
  

  
  

  The PBGVCA MNJPBGVA Hunt Test captures the beauty of the Spring hunting season. Come join us in April when the weather will be lovely, and

  the rabbits plentiful! The hunt grounds are totally fenced in and very safe for our hounds. For those new to hunting the Hunting Instinct Test is geared towards dogs and their handlers who have little or no hunting experience. We also have a Puppy Learning Experience for babies 3-6 months. Hunt Tests have a chill atmosphere, so they are a great place to meet other PBGV owners who share a love of doing what their dogs were meant to do!!

  
  

  The opening date for this trial is March 22 and the closing date is April 12. Email entries only.

  
  

  Come join us April 21-23 in Carlisle, PA!

  
  

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  Cheryl Champion, Hunt Chairperson, cherchamp17@gmail.com
  Sue Smyth, Hunt Secretary, Oldyork2002@aol.com

  1101 Old York Road

  Burlington, NJ 08016

  (609) 477-0609

  
  

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• PBGVCA Illinois Hunt

  • Start
    28 Apr 2023
  • End
    30 Apr 2023
  • Location
    Northern Illinois Beagle Club, 8730 Elevator Road, Roscoe, IL 61073

  PBGVCA Illinois Hunt

  Please accept an invitation to bring your hound(s) to an April hunt weekend at the Northern Illinois Beagle Club. Your PBGV will experience a well-maintained 40-acre field with plenty of rabbits to sniff out and pursue. Hounds (AKC or ILP/PAL registered, 6 months of age or over on the first day of the event) and handlers of all levels of experience are welcome to join the chase. The schedule on Friday will offer practice time as well as Puppy & Novice Learning Experience. 

  We will hold the time-honored raffle Saturday. Fun will be had by all!

  Hunt Chair: Mary Sobol (msobolontime@gmail.com)

  Hunt Secretary: Deb Pearthree (gabbiecdx@aol.com)

  
  

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• AKC ALL BREED SCENT WORK TRIAL

  • Start
    12 May 2023
  • End
    14 May 2023
  • Location
    Bandera, TX

  

  Questions to: Lora Megli, lmegli@yahoo.com
  

  Fascinating fact: Dogs have a sense of smell that’s between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than ours! The sport of Scent Work celebrates the joy of sniffing, and asks a dog to sniff to their heart’s content; turning your dog’s favorite activity into a rewarding game. It is a terrific sport for all kinds of dogs, and is a wonderful way to build confidence in a shy dog.

  In so many dog sports the handler is in control but this isn’t true in Scent Work. Neither the dog nor handler knows where the target odor is hidden. The handler has to rely on the dog, and follow the dog’s nose to success. In Scent Work, it is the canine who is the star of the show.

  The sport of Scent Work is based on the work of professional detection dogs (such as drug dogs), employed by humans to detect a wide variety of scents and substances. In AKC Scent Work, dogs search for cotton swabs saturated with the essential oils of Birch, Anise, Clove, and Cypress. The cotton swabs are hidden out of sight in a pre-determined search area, and the dog has to find them. Teamwork is necessary: when the dog finds the scent, he has to communicate the find to the handler, who calls it out to the judge.

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