Capital District Retriever Club About Us

 I would like to welcome you to our web page. Our membership is made up from  a very

diverse group of people who interests are as follows;

•  members running in  hunt tests

•  members with hunting dogs and want to learn more about training

•  members who are beginners who have done agility and want to try something different

•  member show their dog to breed champions, do agility, and do field work

•  members who campaign  in field trials, and judge in the USA and Canada.

We welcome all to join our membership. I myself have had 2 field champions, have

been an AKC & CKC  accredited judge for over 30 years. Field training retrievers

for me is not just a hobby but a life time passion for me.  Please come and join the club

and let us help you.   

President Michelle Linnane    

Our Clubs Goal

 Our goal is to train you as trainer. A training session that trains the trainer is worth something.

Remember the old saying, "give a man a fish and you feed for a day. Teach a man to fish and

feed  him for a lifetime."  We want to teach our members to FISH!   

Our Grounds

 We are very fortunate as a club, we have over 500 acres that are being developed for dog training.

privately own land for technical water alone. We also have access to many farms all over Schoharie & Montgomery

County. I could not even begin to tell you how many acres this is. I am a director on the Schoharie County

Farm Bureau which has opened many doors to the club. We are lucky we don't have to use

state property with all the DEC restriction and conflicts with hunters and others groups using state

property. It is too bad DEC is getting harder and harder on using state land, and it is only going

to get worse.   We are not at the mercy of the state.