Mile-Hi Golden Retriever Club

Mile-Hi Golden Retriever Club (MHGRC) is a member club of the Golden Retriever Club of America (grca) and is licensed by the American kennel club (akc). The club's purpose is to recognize that the Golden Retriever is a gun dog and to encourage and promote the breeding of purebred Golden retrievers that possess the appearance, soundness, temperament, natural abilities and personality that is reflected in the standard of the breed and to do all possible to bring these qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by the akc as the only standard of excellence by which Golden retrievers shall be judged; to do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, hunting tests, and agility trials; to conduct sanctioned and licensed speciality shows, obedience trials, hunting testing and field trials.