As farmland is increasingly being converted to developments, as bureaucrats continue to increase their involvement with various state and federal Fish and Wildlife Departments -dog training land is shrinking.

 As federal budgetary cuts are imposed, many organizations are losing grants and funding for research -- the veterinary medicine field is included in this loss.

 It was with the realization of the foregoing that the IHDHoF was created. 

Hunting and hunting dogs, field trials and field trial dogs have been my life since a young boy growing up – for the past 55 years I have been a duck hunter, for the past 45 years I have trained field trial dogs and competed in retriever field trials. Having had a successful business career- Wall Street, Coca-Cola Company in Montana, Incense Manufacturer in Montana I have assured that monetarily my wife and myself are set for the remainder of our natural lives.

 Now what can I do to return something to the world of dogs – hunting dogs and trial dogs?

 It was with this rhetorical question that I conceived the organization of the International Hunting Dog Hall of Fame.

The International Hunting Dog Hall of Fame's goal is to provide a permanent record and give recognition to any hunting dog of all breeds by honoring them by having their name and date of recognition engraved on a brick and placed in the Walk of Fame at Black Gold Dog Food in Vienna Mo.

  IHDHoF was established to honor hunting dogs, including unregistered dogs who have great hunting skills. We provide a special way for those with awesome  hunting dogs to have their dogs name written in stone forever telling the world of the awesome hunting abilities and give them the honor they deserve.

A good dog makes hunting a more pleasurable experience. Whether it is to point, flush, tree, catch or to retrieve, nothing surpasses the experience of hunting with a fine, capable hunting dog.