{"id":101,"date":"2015-10-11T17:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.pointhere.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2015-12-03T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T03:10:16","slug":"hunt-tests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/hunt-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMAG4889_1\"<\/a>AKC Hunt Tests provide an opportunity to test the instinct, hunting ability and trainability of out weimaraners. The tests are divided into three different stakes:<\/p>\n

Junior Hunter: A dog must exhibit a willingness to hunt out away from the handler, an instinct (nose) to find birds and an ability to point the find in such a way that the hunter can clearly identify this behavior as a point. Additionally, the dog must exhibit trainability in the manner in which he responds to the handler\u2019s commands and body language.<\/p>\n

Senior Hunter: A dog must exhibit all the qualities of the junior hunter PLUS a trainability that allows him to hold his point through the flush of the bird. He must also retrieve in a timely fashion a bird that is table worthy. A senior hunter must also honor his brace mate when he approaches brace mate on point. His level of response to the handler must be such that excessive commands are unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Master Hunter: This is truly a dog of great value\u2014a dog that is so well trained that he is a true pleasure to hunt behind. This is a test of a completely trained bird dog. To pass this level,, a dog must exhibit all the skills of the senior hunter plus he must accomplish these skills with no verbal commands from the handler.\"IMAG4857_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In order to obtain a JH, a dog must qualify in 4 hunt tests<\/p>\n

In order to obtain a SH, a dog must qualify in 4 hunt tests at the senior level PLUS have attained a JH. A dog may obtain a SH by qualifying in 5 hunt tests if he does not have a JH title.<\/p>\n

In order to obtain a MH, a dog must qualify in 5 hunt tests at the master level PLUS have attained a SH title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AKC Hunt Tests provide an opportunity to test the instinct, hunting ability and trainability of out weimaraners. The tests are divided into three different stakes: Junior Hunter: A dog must exhibit a willingness to hunt out away from the handler, an instinct (nose) to find birds and an ability to point the find in such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattahoocheeweim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}