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Annual Meeting Seminars
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Saturday, January 21 |
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Sunday, January 22 |
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Silent
Command System
by
Rick Smith
Owner/Operator of
Rick Smith Kennels and Rick
Smith Seminars
Sponsored by Purina |
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Starting with Rick’s father,
Delmar, the Smith family has
been presenting bird dog
seminars for nearly 40 years.
That tradition continues with
Rick and his cousin Ronnie
presenting seminars across the
U.S., Canada and New Zealand.
Rick has been a full-time,
professional trainer since 1969,
running field trial Brittanys.
Titles include three National
Open Brittany Championships,
seven U.S. Open Brittany
Championships (a record), six
International Brittany
Championships, 25 Open
Championships and more than 100
Open Brittany All-Age stakes.
Rick Smith believes everyone is
capable of training their own
bird dog. Team Huntsmith has
dedicated itself to helping
people achieve their goal by
developing and refining a series
of training seminars, including
Foundation and Intermediate
Seminars and the Advanced
Academy, taught by both Rick and
Ronnie. Rick created the
Silent Command System, used by
many NAVHDA members after
attending the Team Huntsmith
seminars.
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Veterinary Chiropractic Care
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Dr. Brian Denny, DC
Julian Chiropractic
Julian,
CA
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Dr. Brian Denny has been a practicing
human chiropractor since 1997. For
the past eight years, he has maintained
an office in Julian, California, a rural
mountain community near San Diego.
Many of his human patients requested
treatment of their animals, so in 2006,
he took the course in Veterinary
Orthopedic Manipulation taught by the
developer of this technique, Dr. William
Inman, DVM. Brian has had the
opportunity to adjust horses, mules,
goats, sheep, and pigs in addition to
dogs and cats.
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Holistic and Homeopathic
Veterinary Medicine
by Dr. Katie Kangas, CVA
Animal Healing Center
San Diego, CA
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Dr. Katie Kangas grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
graduated from Veterinary Medical School at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. Her early
career was devoted to wildlife rehabilitation, including
returning rehabilitated animals into the wild. Dr.
Kangas moved to San Diego in 1997 and in 2002 was
appointed as the Director of the Veterinary Medical
Department at the San Diego Humane Society. After
attending a Veterinary Homeopathy and Holistic Medicine
course and seeking treatment for her aged dog, Asti, she
was inspired by the
dramatic improvement in the quality of Asti’s life after
receiving acupuncture treatment.
She began studying with Dr. Keith Weingardt in 2006 and
completed her veterinary acupuncture training in
Gainesville, Florida and joined the staff at the Animal
Healing Center, where is currently specializing in
acupuncture and holistic veterinary medicine.
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Veterinary Dentistry
by
Dr. Brook Niemiec, DVM
Diplomate, American Veterinary Dental College
Fellow, Academy of Veterinary Dentistry
Dog Beach Dentistry
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Dr. Brook Niemiec is a
1994 graduate of the University of California, Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Board Certified
Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry as well as a Fellow
in the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry and past member
of the board of directors and President Elect of the
Academy of Veterinary Dentistry. Dr. Niemiec is
recognized internationally as one of the leading
authorities in Veterinary Dentistry. An advocate for
improved understanding, prevention and treatment of
disease, Dr. Niemiec lectures extensively to
professional and non-professional groups at local,
national, and international meetings. He recently
authored the handbook “Small Animal Dental, Oral, and
Maxillofacial Disease”. Dr. Niemiec has been serving the
dental needs of Southern California animals for more
than a decade. In this time he has personally performed
over 20,000 dental procedures. In his spare time, he is
an enthusiastic outdoorsman. He also enjoys daily trips
to the beach with his Labrador Retriever, Caeli.
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Turkey Calling Demonstration
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Stan Landess
National Wild Turkey Federation
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Stan Landess was born in San Diego, 1944. He received a
BA in Mathematics at San Diego State University and an
MBA in Real Estate Finance at U. S. International
University. After a short career in computer analysis,
he started a new career as a real estate broker and land
developer. After college, he became an avid duck
hunter; he owned several Labrador Retrievers and took up
duck calling. He soon expanded to fishing and
hunting most game found in California. Stan became
very active in the local Ducks Unlimited chapter.
In 1993, wild turkeys were introduced into San Diego
County, and shortly thereafter he took up turkey
hunting. This brought him to turkey calling, at
which he has become very proficient. He learned
his techniques by listening to and mimicking birds in
the field. Stan has been very active in the San
Diego Chapter of NWTF since 1998 and joined the State
Board of NWTF in 2000. He continues to serve on
the Board, and participates in local public education
and youth events for turkey hunting.
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Quail Calling Demonstration
by
Joe Nunez
Quail Unlimited
(San Diego Chapter)
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Joe Nunez was born in San Diego, 1942 to
an Italian mother and a Spanish father. Hence his love of fine
food and ocean fishing. Joe attended Point Loma High School and
Cal Poly, graduated from San Diego State University and attended
graduate school at Point Loma Nazarene University. Joe’s career
included working as a programmer analyst, a business owner in
commercial and retail sales, and he also built custom homes. As
a youngster Joe raised Valley Quail, pigeons, hawks, owls, and
falcons. He learned quail calling from listening to caged quail
in the yard. He learned to call Mountain Quail by mimicking wild
birds he encountered in many field trips. Joe spent summers
'Tuna Fishing' commercially with his father. Currently he
spends much time surf fishing locally and hunts predators, Doves,
Quail, Pheasant, and when possible Chukar.
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Bird Call Imitation
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Nicole Perratta
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Nicole can imitate 158 total bird calls, representing
133 Species. Nicole is unique among bird call imitators
as she uses her voice to imitate most of the birds
instead of whistling or using sound devices.
Nicole is also an accomplished wildlife artist.
Nicole was featured on the ,"Tonight Show with Jay Leno",
on October 13th, 2003 and Nov 23. 2010, "The Ellen Degeneres Show",
January 5th, 2005.
Visit her website at
www.bird-calling.com.
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