WEST CENTRAL
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Doug McGuire
My wife Anne and I got our first golden retriever in 1990, and our lives were forever changed. After getting involved with the local golden club, we discovered the joys and challenges of training and competing with our dogs. We quickly learned that the word “retriever” has deep implications for understanding the breed. Their pure joy when working with birds was what drew me inexorably into the world of hunt tests and waterfowling with our dogs. I’ve hunted birds on the prairie west of Houston with a dozen dogs of our breeding over more than 25 years. Over that time, I’ve judged more than 100 AKC hunt tests at all levels, in ten states, and worked at least a couple hundred events. After being selected to judge the Master National Invitational in Butte Montana in 2019, I decided to get more involved with the club so I could support the effort to provide a national event focused on amateur trainers and handlers. I’m asking for your vote so I can continue that support in a second term as West Central Region Director. ~Doug McGuire |