Welcome Big Rivers Chapter of VDD-Group North America
March 09 Update

Welcome to the launch of the Big Rivers Chapter website.  It is our intent to give different information that does not repeat things you can find elsewhere such as on the GNA homepage.  We will focus the information here to include those important items that keep us most informed, educated and aware of what is happening within BRC.  We will attempt to be current and update frequently.  Plan to look here often for test results and other "Breaking News" with BRC or GNA that will effect you.

The chapter has sturggled greatly over the Fall and Winter trying to find VJP test sites that can support the large number of puppies we have to support.  This has placed a great hardship on our members to travel great distances to test.  I apologize to you for this.  The motto "Have DDs will travel" is not OK anymore and we need to secure better training and testing grounds for our members.  We are commmitted to that end and have made our needs clearly known to VDD-GNA.  These issues are being addressed nationally and in Germany so that our dogs are evaluated and that there is no compromise of the integrity of our Testing System.  I will keep you informed as I have updates.

BRC has hosted another successful VDD-GNA Annual meeting.  I think all who attended will attest that it was very beneficial to have Frank Wagner speak to the group about the Development of the Hunting Partnership with You and Your Dog.  Frank shared his training method to develop you and your DD into Hunting Partnership that brings years of injoyment.  Thank You Frank for your time and effort to come from Germany to educate us with your proven methods.  Torrey Harris is in the final editing stages of the seminars so those unable to attend will have a chance to say they had "Been There".  Look for an announcement regarding the seminars on DVD in the upcoming weeks.

We held BRC Elections.  The officers elected were as follows:
Brandt Hardy      Louisiana       Chairman
Chad Crissup      Oklahoma      Vice-Chairman
Tom Morgan      Missouri         Business Manager
Hank Lippert      Missouri         Breed Warden
Leonard Baker   Oklahoma      Director of Testing

Congratulations to all and now Get Busy!!!  Seriously, contact any of these men to assist you if you have a need.  If they don't know how to assist you specifically they will be able to send you in the right direction.  They are here to serve you and bring many years of knowledge and experience with GNA and DD to their offices.

We are hunters that own a wonderful dog (Deutsch-Drahthaar) registered with a foreign breed organization (VDD) that you joined through the US affiliated group (VDD-GNA) that tests our beloved puppies under the rules of a foreign judging organization (JGHV).  This tells me you are committed and could have quite a few questions.  We want to answer your questions through this avenue because if you have the question so do others.  These questions can be anything such as a training question or an organizational one or something different.  We will have an Ask The Expert section to respond to your questions and also to have up for future reference.  We will get the answer for you. 

This is just the beginning of the development of using this tool, so any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.  Please forward any pictures that you have of your DD or from the Annual Meeting.  We will put those up on the site so you can put faces with names. 

Train and Test your DD through the VGP is our current goal for 2009.  Attend training days or better yet host one in your area.  To set that up contact Chad Crissup to get the details. 

Working together with you for enjoyable hunting experiences with great friends and our wonderful DDs.

Waidmannsheil
Brandt Hardy
Big Rivers Chapter Chairman
VDD-GNA