JGV-USA: German-system hunting-dog tests in the United States

Key facts

JGHV membership

Full member since 1994 [source]

A US club within the JGHV system

Jagdgebrauchshundverein-USA, usually written JGV-USA, states that it has been a full member organisation of Germany’s JGHV since 1994. The club connects United States handlers with the German performance-based hunting-dog testing framework. Its public site separates training, upcoming tests and results. That combination makes it useful both to someone preparing a dog and to someone trying to interpret a completed assessment. It is a specific organising club within the larger federation, so its test director and published schedule supply the local arrangements while JGHV documents establish the test framework.

The entry packet has several parts

The club’s entry instructions identify Formblatt 1, copies of both sides of the dog’s pedigree, a rabies certificate and previous test score sheets where applicable. They also identify the club number used on the form and require an FCI stamp or emblem on the pedigree. The page supplies age-related entry information for VJP and HZP and directs questions to the breeder or test director. These details make the paperwork pathway tangible. A prospective entrant can assemble the dog’s existing documents and discuss the intended test with the actual director before treating a calendar entry as a completed application.

Scores describe particular tested subjects

The results resource provides a key to test abbreviations and score subjects. VJP records tracking, nose, search, pointing and cooperation; the HZP key expands to water and retrieving subjects, desire to work and obedience. The VGP summary groups forest, water, field and obedience work. It also explains voice designations and breed abbreviations appearing in the records. This helps a reader understand why a single total does not convey every tested quality. Retain the named test, date and full score sheet when describing the dog’s result, and use the club’s key to interpret unfamiliar abbreviations in the published record.

Common questions

Sources & further reading

References for this guide. Rules and services can change; check the responsible organisation for current details.

• JGV-USA: mission and programmes (opens in a new tab)
• JGV-USA: entry instructions (opens in a new tab)
• JGV-USA: results and abbreviation key (opens in a new tab)

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