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Luke D'Onofrio

Luke D'Onofrio

Amateur HRC hunting retriever handler and site coordinator from Orient, Ohio, known for competing with his dog Cash at HRC Grand events.

Jun 3, 2026

41:48
Go ahead
41:48
... yeah, so that, uh, that whole summer we ran master test, got the master title, um, hunting season, and then that next, that next training season's when we started running the Grand.
41:59
Um, but with him, going into it, this Grand, I think after running two, really the first one it kinda, kinda took me seeing one to know how to train for it.
42:09
Um, 'cause you're kinda talking to people and figuring out how to train for it.Um, 'cause it's, I mean, it's a whole nother animal than Master and especially a finished test- Yeah ... um, as far as- And what, and I, I don't wanna interrupt you there, Luke, but what people don't know about Luke is he, he's trying to learn how to be a Grand Handler so much that you were a site coordinator, correct? Yeah.
42:34
Yeah.
42:34
So I, the first two Grands I worked as a site coordinator and ran my dog.
42:38
Oh, wow.

19 MINS LATER

61:15
Um, and, and I, and I wanted to do this 'cause I, I told Eileen, I said when we left the grand, I said, "I'm gonna have Luke on the podcast." She's like, "That's a great idea." Um, so tell the amateurs if you got anything, closing statements or anything like that, that you could encourage them or give them some advice on, on, on what to do before we close this thing out.

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