North American Hunting Retriever Association

"Conservation of game through the development of trained retrievers" NAHRA’s purpose is to discove Tests are designed to simulate a day's hunt in the field.

The NAHRA concept is based solely on simulating real hunting situations, both upland hunting and waterfowling. The purpose is not to confront the dog with trick problems, but rather to test the dog's natural ability and acquired training. Under the NAHRA concept, the objective is to recover the bird as quickly and efficiently as possible, to create the least amount of disturbance in the marsh and

Photos from North American Hunting Retriever Association's post

07/03/2026

The NAHRA Board met on June 24 and the President's Press emailed today summarizes some significant issues and rule changes for 2027.

The Announcements section of the website provide more detail on some of the changes, a reminder that the NAHRA Invitational catalog and West Regional Field Test catalog are posted. Also, the NAHRA Office is closed July 11-18.

Currently there are five field tests and one upland test planned. Check Hunt Test Secretary for more details.

Photos by JMLL from the NAHRA West Regional and standard Field Test: Hunter Jib, Started Lucy and Intermediate Bramble

06/24/2026

The 2026 Invitational was a great success! Thank you to the judges, workers and sponsors, without you, this great event couldn't happen!

Check out our Invitational YouTube Video!

https://youtu.be/RYAu0wQghrQ