The Hunting Farm "Valle Santa Barbara" di Castiglione Messer Marino (province of Chieti) hosted the first association meeting for members of the Abruzzo Pointing Dog Club. As reported by Sansalvo.net, this association was born thanks to the intuition and passion of a group of friends towards this animal. The declared objective from the outset is to promote as much as possible the various initiatives to protect and conserve huntable species, without forgetting the monitoring activities, the censuses, the exciting dog trials and more. In addition, the Club will have the task of comparing itself with the other hunting realities found in the Abruzzo region. Who is this association composed of? The list includes dog lovers from all over Abruzzo and there is no lack of female representation, taken into due consideration by the club.
The first associative meeting was characterized by a series of practical tests of the members and their auxiliaries: it was decided to focus on released game, complete with federal judges to monitor and monitor every situation. The best pointing dogs and handlers were carefully evaluated, then proceeded to reward the most deserving subjects. The small souvenir that was given to all the people who participated in the day also deserves a mention. There were then various refreshments and celebrations at the end of the appointment.
Pointing dogs were of fundamental importance a few months ago in Abruzzo since to elaborate the partridge collection plan, the Territorial Hunting Area organized the census of phasianids in free territory, to be precise in two days of hunting silence in September. The use of dogs has served to manage in the best way i pheasants, the newly established club will only be responsible for coordinating similar censuses.
Without the elaboration of the sampling plans it is not even possible to start the hunting sampling of the huntable species. One of the next Abruzzo dog lovers events is the trophy named after Patrizio Lancia, judge always remembered with great affection and emotion by the experts. Next June 4th and 5th, in fact, the tenth edition will be staged, a very respectable goal (the first dates back to 2007): usually the categories in the race are those "Absolutes", "Under 30" and "Ladies", with prizes to the first classified of each of them and the possibility of access to the selections of the Sant'Uberto World Championship in September 2016.