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The AWSFA is a regional American Water Spaniel club centered in the Great Lakes area. Formed in 1993, the club offers field training opportunities to enthusiasts of  American Water Spaniel and other Spaniel breeds. Although the club has members in various parts of the country, its principal activities take place in Michigan with occasional events in New York and Wisconsin.

The club provides regularly scheduled field (hunting dog) training days throughout the year and occasional field training seminars. Its primary focus is on the development of the American Water Spaniel (AWS) as a versatile hunting dog capable of performing as well on a waterfowl hunt as it will in the uplands. Field training sessions are customized for each dog and all who attend work together to help one another bring out the best in our AWS companions.

The AWSFA goes a bit beyond being simply a field training club though and gives back to the AWS community as a whole by supporting AWS rescue efforts and contributing reasonable AWS health initiatives. It also provides health news that may affect the AWS community through a variety of sources including the AKC Canine Health Foundation podcasts. Click on the banner here to gain access to those podcasts.

The club is supported by a number of American Water Spaniel breeders dedicated  to maintaining the breed's versatility as both a flushing Spaniel and waterfowl retriever. The AWSFA contributes regularly to fund AWS rescue efforts conducted by the American Water Spaniel Club (AWSC), the breed's AKC parent club, and heath research issues funded by AWS Partners (a Donor Advised Fund of the AKC Canine Health Foundation).

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