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Colorado Judges/Handlers Seminar - Thursday, August 21, 2008
A Judges/Handlers Seminar will be conducted at Haystack Ranch on Friday, 8/29 at 7:00 PM.
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Fall Election for 3 Directors
There are three directors whose terms expire at the end of 2008. Those are Brice Romero, Stu Wange, and Joe Bubulka. It is unclear if any or all of them will run for re-election. We will have an election commencing in October. At this time the APLA is solicting for those members who wish to run for a 2 year term.
The requirements are to be a current member in good standing. You need to submit your nomination letter no later than September 20th. This letter needs to or should contain the following items.
*The office you are running for. Here it is director.
*Why you feel you would make a good director.
*Any goals or objectives for the APLA you would have if you were elected.
*Your length of membership with the APLA.
*Amount of and type of APLA officer or event experience as well as other dog organizations.
*Dog experience relative to titles attained, training, judging, hunting, etc.
*Your letter must contain your name, address, phone number, and email address.
*And lastly your letter must contain 10 current members who support your nomination and whose permission you have attained. List their addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. (Double check this information for completeness and accuracy. Nine current members won't pass, it takes 10 members.)
The nomination letters need to be received not later than September 20th by Larry Kimble, 1112 Birdie Drive, Independence, KS 67301, 620-331-4066. No express over overnight mail requiring receipt signature. Also, email your letter to lkimble@cableone.net by the same date.
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Revised Certified Pointing Retriever Rules - Thursday, March 13, 2008
Effective with the spring hunt tests the Certified Pointing Retriever rules have been revised. The revisions are in red under the Rules tab and Certified Pointing Retriever. The changes are in two areas. The first area is "Scoring" where an individual category score of 1 1/2 or lower will result in failure. Also, the total score is changed from 18 to 21 points. The second area is the change and replacement of the last sentence under "Point".
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Holly Cart - new APLA secretary - Thursday, August 14, 2008
Due to Shawn Hoover's resignation as secretary, Holly Cart has accepted appointment to fulfill Shawn's term through 2009. This is per our by-laws. Holly was the runner up in the recent election to Shawn. Shawn will continue to be active in the APLA, but due to personal reasons he was not able to spend the necessary time that the secretary position requires
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August 2008 Newsletter available - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The August 2008 is now available under the "NEWSLETTER" tab. The mailed out newsletter is coming to you now.
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Colorado Test update Motels - Friday, August 08, 2008
Do to the Democratic National Convention is in Denver that week.
The Hotel and Motel are our full or very high priced.
Here are some other options
Castle Pines Motel - 125 S. Wilcox St, Castle Rock, Colorado 303-688-9728
Castle Pines Motel - 807 Wilcox St, Castle Rock, Colorado 303-688-1207
Falcon Inn - Monument, Colorado 719-623-2863
Dale Merritt
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Online Hunt Test Registration System - Friday, August 8, 2008
MEMBERS STILL NEED TO MAIL YOUR ENTRIES TO THE HUNT TEST SECRETARIES!
On line entry of dogs by members is not yet available. This phase is for the hunt test record keeping only. This past Spring season, APLA successfully rolled out version 1.2 of our custom built Hunt Test Registration System (HTRS)! All Spring HT results are available on http://www.americanpointinglab.com/site/Dogs/tabid/108/Default.aspx.
In case you have not heard about our new system, HTRS is an online, password protected, application which will allow real time access to membership data as well as certification data. The following features and benefits were included in this release of the software.
* Membership information as well as certification information can be cross checked and updated in a prompt manner.
* Hunt Test Secretaries can easily enter test scores which will lead to quicker certificate generation.
* Improve the turn around time from Hunt Test Events to the results being posted online.
* New accounting reporting features:
> Ability to enter one payment to cover multiple entries.
> Refunds for scratch entries (if applicable).
> Create income summary report.
* Allow BOD Secretary to add/update memberships on line (mail-in only).
* Add bird count report enabling HT secretaries to keep track of birds.
* Enhanced Reports
> Alternate row shading for easier viewing.
> Input translation to ALL CAPs when HTS enters data all lower case or proper case so reports and HT Booklet looks uniform.
* Enhanced scoring for quicker certificate generation.
> Add owner name and address to score report.
* Enhanced judge's sheets program allows HT secretaries to print judge's sheets at once.
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Fall hunt test information updates
Check the website hunt test premiums for updates; like judges, times, etc.
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Fall 2008 Larkspur, Colorado hunt test information
Premium and Entry Form Now Available
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Fall 2008 Decorah, Iowa hunt test information
Premium and Entry Form Available Now
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Fall 2008 Williamston, Michigan hunt test information
Premium and Entry Form available now!
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Fall 2008 Rileyville, Pennsylvania hunt test info
Premium and Entry Form available now!
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Fall 2008 Monroe, Washington hunt test information
Premium and Entry Form available now!
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Fall 2008 Girard, Kansas hunt test information
Premium and Entry Form Available Now
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Fall 2008 Afton, Iowa hunt test infromation
Premium and Entry Form Now Available
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Blade Runner
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| 06/18/2008 8:17 AM |
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| As collars go, what is considered to be the top of the line. I do a load of duck and goose hunting so it needs to be waterproof, but i do some, and intend to do more, upland hunting this season. |
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bty5050
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| 06/18/2008 8:35 AM |
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| In my view Tri-tronic collars are hands-down the best collars on the market. They are easy to use, reliable and offer all of the functionality you need for either waterfowl or upland hunting. |
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keskam
Pierce, Colorado
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| 06/19/2008 2:06 PM |
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| I have Tritronics and Dogtra! both are great! The pressure is the same each time with the TT, but it seems to very alittle with the Dogtra! Kevin |
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HR Rocky Mountain Rosco JH
APR HR Lady Satin of Black Forest JH
SHR Satin's Jumpin Jedi JH
SHR Chelsea Snow Angel JH
CPR HR KB's Snakey Jake of Poudre River JH
SHR KB's It's Showtime of Bearpoint (Star)
SHR KB's Loaded To Go Allie
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Huntin_Fool01
Oldham, South Dakota
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| 06/19/2008 2:26 PM |
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| Go with the the Tritronics G2 Flyway. its made for waterfowlers like you and me. I purchased it last fall and I would recommend it to anyone. Works every time. Avery sells carrying cases for the G2 series in camo and blaze and they clip right to your waders or lanyard. Hope I could help. |
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Rainmaker
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| 07/02/2008 11:48 AM |
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| I started with a TriTronics Classic 70. After about a year I wanted something with greater functionality so I tried the TriTronics Pro500. I've used it at least a few days a week and haven't had one problem. You can get great stuff too , like a car charger,they make carrying cases like meantioned earlier.
I don't like the wetlands model because the remote is lost if you put it down while in the woods. |
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Huntin_Fool01
Oldham, South Dakota
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| 07/10/2008 9:12 PM |
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| The flyway exp is what i have. Its black. I wish it came in camo though. get one of the carrying cases so u can clip it to your lanyard or waders or belt. I have a buddy of mine that lost a G2 and G3 remote last fall guiding and I talked him into one of those avery cases(blaze orange) and he loves it. Dont knock um til you try um. lol. |
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Doc_E
N.E. WA state
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| 07/20/2008 5:55 PM |
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TriTronics --- and made in America !
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Doc E and Cujo Casey boy. |
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rames14
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| 08/06/2008 8:34 PM |
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| I have a Tritronics Flyway Special that I used for ten years. Got a new battery about year ago. It will still be available for use when I get my next dog. Great product. I also bought the beeper because a yellow dog in tall grass was hard to keep track. Sometimes I thought I was watching the Ghost in the Darkness - the Lions of Salvo (sp). |
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Doc_E
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| 08/06/2008 8:44 PM |
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I use a TriTronics Flyway Special for Casey, but I'll be using the Pro 500 for the new pup.
Hands down the finest ecollar made to date.
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Doc E and Cujo Casey boy. |
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swampdog
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| 08/16/2008 3:36 PM |
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| I have the Tritronics Upland G2 EXP and love it. I've had Dogtra and Innotech collars in the past. In my opinion nothing comes close to the Tritronics in terms of consistent performance. I can't comment on the durability yet, but my friends who've used them for years say they outlast the competion by a mile. A nice feature of the Upland is that you can turn the beeper on and off remotely. I also like the locate feature and the long effective range. |
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VicR
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| 08/17/2008 5:55 PM |
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I use Tritronics as well. Bought my first one 7 years ago. The battery eventually died last year. Mainly because I bought a new 2 dog version (Flyway) 3 years ago. So, when you don't use it, the battery eventually dies. I gave the old one to my friend, he sent it into Tritronics and got it totally rebuilt for about 1/3 of the price of a new one. All are going strong. They have made some new improvements (ahem, new since I bought my first one), they now include longer probes to reach through that dog hair better and an on/off button! Also charging method improved (trickle charge, connections easier, one charger can charge both collars).
I do hear good things about Dogtra as well. The Dogtra has a smaller transmitter you carry, thinking of going that route because saving that extra few onces, and size in the upland field may be worth it. Why a new one? Got a third pup, and my wife trains, so we both need a transmitter.
I hunt mainly upland, go after ducks once or twice a year, but do a lot of water training.
Never had a Tritronics fail, other than battery. |
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