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The AWSFA is an American Water
Spaniel club that formed in
1993 to offer
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 have taken place in Michigan, New York, and Wisconsin.
It has additional goals of providing helpful information to
AWS enthusiasts and recognizing AWS for their achievements
in venues such as hunt tests, obedience and agility trials,
and dog shows.
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 to 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 link below to gain access to those podcasts. Through its newsletter, The Journal, the AWSFA tries to both stay in touch with its members and keep them informed of what is happening in both the AWS and canine community. Click here to read a recent copy of The Journal.
AWSFA members attending an AKC hunt testin Colorado - Spring 2011
AWSFA members at an AKC hunt testin New York - Summer 2011