By Alan Nitchman

With a record in the bird dog community reaching from 1947 to the 1990s, with the winning of the Harvey Craft Trophy in the Region 2 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship by Rotolactor (33-9-126) to Championship wins with dogs like Elhew Strike (20-158-956) and Pork Roll (19-271-1690) in the 1990s, there are over fifty years of some of the top bird dogs in competition. Dad was never much on how the house looked or what people thought. His main purpose was training, conditioning, producing, and showing what he considered to be the finest caliber of bird dog. He wanted both his dogs and horses to perform at peak efficiency. He never spent much time writing about his abilities. He spent his time fine tuning his abilities to breed, raise, train, and produce "First Class Bird Dogs."

For many who saw "Doc Nitchman" or as I know him…