The Minot Retriever Club is dedicated to the betterment of the hunting retriever and educating hunters in the training and use of purebred hunting retrievers as a tool of conservation and as all around hunting companions.
The Minot Retriever Club also believes in the trialing and testing of retrievers in order to maintain a proven genetic pool of hunting retrievers. AKC Field Trials and Hunt Tests are preserving the working instincts of our retrievers for future generations of hunters.
The Minot Retriever Club was founded in 1956 and ran sanctioned AKC events in 1956 and 1957. From that time forward they have held AKC licensed Field Trials and Hunt tests for Retrievers. The original club consisted of approximately twenty people. These far-sighted dog people pitched in to purchase the grounds that the club still owns today. They hold all club Field Trials and Hunt Tests at this area just northwest of Burlington, ND. Burlington is just eight miles west of Minot on US Highways 2 & 52, making the location quite convenient to Minot and all of the services there. The 39.6 acres has several ponds and is located just above the confluence of the Souris and DesLacs Rivers.
The public is welcome at all Minot Retriever Club events. If you have any questions please feel free to contact anyone listed on the 'contact info' page.
Members are encouraged to attend all board meetings.
Club dues are $20 per calendar year. This includes access to the retriever club training grounds.
**Some information provided by Bonnie Hidalgo, AKC Field Representative
