North American Gun Dog Association
Dog of the Year
Every Spring, NAGDA hosts its four-day National Competition.
The handler must show good sportsmanship in and out of competition, including on Social Media platforms. The best score of the dog in the singles divisions for each day of the Nationals will be used. These scores must come from the same membership. All of these scores will be added together and the dog with the highest aggregate point total will be Dog of the Year. Only one score per day will be used. In the event there is a tie of total scores, the first tie breaker will be each dog’s total time from the run used on the third day, with the quickest time being the winner. If still tied, the second tie breaker will be the time of the first bird bagged by each dog from the run used on the third day.
Only scores from 1 membership will be eligible to be used. (Individual, Youth, Couple, or Family membership)
2024 Whitey
Ed Evertson, Chappell, NE
Open Flushing Champion
2023 Nilla
Mark Coffield - Yuma, CO
Amateur Flushing National Champion
Doubles Division 5th
2022 - Bean
Gennifer House, Owner - Goodland, KS
Melvin Crow, Handler
Open Pointing Division National Champion
Doubles Division National Champion
2021 - CHISUM
Melvin & Julie Crow - Goodland, KS
Open Pointing National Champion
Womens Division 4th Place
2019 - Reba
Reba - Ron & Kathy Moorhead - Ogallala, NE
Womens National Champion
Open Flushing 2nd Place
Doubles 2nd Place
2018 - Daisy
Daisy - Dan & Aleta Hannum - Dayton, NV
Senior Handler National Runner-up
Open Pointing National 5th
2017 - RED & REMI
Remi - Ron & Kathy Moorhead - Ogallala, NE
2017 Amateur Flushing National Champion
2017 Womens National Champion
Red - Dan Hannum - Dayton, NV
2017 Open Pointing Runner-Up
2017 Doubles 3rd, 4th, and 5th place
1804 points
2016 - Red
Red won Open Pointing Nationals and placed 2nd & 5th in the Doubles.
4 in a row!
Dan Hannum - Dayton, Nevada
2015 - RED
1302 points
Red is owned by Dan Hannum of Dayton, Nevada.
This year, Red earned 2nd place in the Doubles Division.
Congratulations, Red, on your three-peat!
2014 - Red
1628 points
Red is owned by Dan Hannum of Dayton, Nevada
This year, he earned a 4th place finish in Open Pointing and 3rd place in the Doubles Division
Congratulations, Red, on your second consecutive Dog of the Year Award!
2013 - Red
1586 points
Red is a 4 year-old English Pointer from Dayton Nevada, owned by Dan Hannum
At the 2013 NAGDA Nationals, Red competed for and won the National Championship in Open Pointing and finished 3rd in the Doubles Division
Congratulations to Red and the Hannums for this outstanding award!
2012 - Zeke
1558 points
Zeke is a 2 year-old Pointing Lab from Visalia, California, owned by Justin & Sara Morton
Zeke won National Championships in 2012 in both the Open Flushing and Doubles Divisions
Congratulations to Zeke and the Mortons on a job well done!
2011 - RUGER
1455 points
Ruger is a 2-year old English Pointer owned by Larry and Kim House of Goodland Kansas.
Ruger ran in the Open Pointing, Women's, and Doubles divisions to accomplish this great feat.
Congratulations to Ruger and the House family.
