Purpose:The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) is a legally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering, improving, promoting, and protecting the versatile hunting dog in North America.

 

Underlying these aims is the desire to serve the interests of:  game conservation by using well trained, reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective and uncontrolled breeding which produces unwanted and uncared for dogs; and the gun dog hunter by helping the hunter to train his dog to work before and after the shot, on land and in water.

 

Formed in 1969, NAVHDA has helped thousands of owners of versatile hunting dogs to train their own dogs to become useful hunting companions.  Furthermore, the NAVHDA Registry is the only registry in North America specializing in the registration of versatile hunting dog breeds.  The NAVHDA Test Information Service keeps and provides to breeders, buyers and interested individuals the performance records of all the versatile hunting dogs tested in the NAVHDA system.  NAVHDA International is the governing body for the NAVHDA organization and includes approximately 70 local chapters across the U.S. and in Canada.