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This year’s Field
Day couldn’t have happened on a more beautiful Fall Day. This year, it was
held
on October 24th with bright sunshine and 77 degree weather. Once again Missouri Valley Hunt Club hosted the event. Members Barb Farrel, Val Poulton and Carol Wettengel, brought their champion Goldens to show how to retrieve bumpers and ducks on both land and water. Even Carol’s foster dog, Trixie (“T” for short) who lost one of her back legs in an accident, was out there retrieving bumpers out of the water. She was swimming circles around the other dogs. Who says you need four legs to be a great water dog! The Golden’s spent the afternoon racing each other in the water to see who could retrieve the bumper first. When everyone finally tuckered out, it was onto the clubhouse for lunch. Nancy Bowen’s homemade chili was a big hit and the side dishes and desserts were scrumptious. At the end of the day, exhausted golden’s and their owners piled into their cars. You can bet there were plenty of snoring pups on the drive home.
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