Minnesota Field Trial Association - MFTA

06/07/2026

Wishing good luck to all the MFTA and HCARC members with dogs competing in the National Amatuer next week! Mark Belford Dick Ofstedal Jeff Deelstra Jennifer Young Deelstra Mark Jenson Tom Kooiman Trumarc Boomer aka Ron Aronoff Dave Pichotta Gary Metzger

09/05/2025

Open callbacks to land blind! North grounds rrt ounds 8 am start!! Good luck and have fun!!!

06/08/2025

Congratulations to MFTA board member, BRG President, head grounds keeper, FT Chair, Stake chair, you name he does it!

Jeff and Jagger did it again! 2nd place! This qualifies us for the nationals in Mondovi and Jagger got a new title! AFC Jaggers ruff and ready roadtrip.

05/11/2025

Great photo of Life Member Yvonne Hays at Hennepin County this weekend at Benton Retriever Grounds!

10/07/2024

Club member Linda Twiss had a great weekend! https://www.facebook.com/share/NNxRGYEPM2aq5JtY/

10/06/2024

Good luck to MFTA member Steve Goetze and Doc at the Derby National starting tomorrow!!

06/25/2024

Minnesota was well represented at National Amatuer in Maine with 9 handlers and 10 dogs entered! 2 not pictured and 2 qualified but not entered.

05/22/2024

Thanks to all the participants, judges and workers who made our spring trial successful! Great to see all the excellent dog work and see a few qualify for National! Hope to see everyone in the fall as well!! If you like the grounds and would like to become a member please reach out! Photo is club member Mark and Charlie who won the Amateur and are now going to Maine in a few weeks!

02/22/2024

With great regret MFTA has lost one of it's Lifetime members Bob Beyer. Bob held many positions over his years of service in both MFTA and BRG boards and helped in finding and developing the great grounds we all enjoy training and trialing on now!! His great stories after the long trial days will be sorely missed! Rest easy Bob!!

02/14/2023

Great couple of people here, gone WAY too soon!

It is with a heavy heart to share that Karen Blackbird passed away Sunday, February 12. Karen and John were significant contributors to CMRC and the greater retriever community on a national scale. Karen trained, handled and judged retrievers in the hunt test activity and was a steadfast companion to John and a friend to all.

Here are the plans for Karen's service on Saturday, Feb. 18:
Mass at 11 am at St Patrick’s in Inver Grove Heights. Viewing an hour before from 10 to 11. This
Burial at St Patrick cemetery following mass
Reception luncheon at Axel's in Mendota Heights 1 to 3 pm