Glenda Mitchell
Glenda is the owner of Kanati Kennels in Early, TX where she is a professional retriever trainer and breeder.
Glenda has 40 plus years of breeding and obedience training as well as 29 years of retriever training. She has been a member of the Hunting Retriever Club since 1996, and is an AA, licensed judge at Started, Seasoned, Finished and Upland. She has also judged the HRC Grand 4 times and was the first woman to serve on the Grand Committee. Most recently, she was awarded a lifetime membership from the Hunting Retriever Club. Glenda participates in HRC hunt tests having earned numerous titles with her own and client’s retrievers at Started, Seasoned, Finished, Upland and Grand levels and includes two 500 point dogs.
Some of those personal dogs include: GRHRCH, UH Kanati’s Bringin Em In, MH; HRCH, UH Thunder’s Lotta Cajun Spice, 500 Pt. Club; HRCH, UH Kanati’s Hallelujah Moment, 500 Pt Club; HRCH Kanati’s McDreamy, MH; HRCH SF Kanati’s Hoochie Mama; HRCH, UH Kanati’s Attitudey Judy; Nat. CH, HRCH Kanati’s Stands With A Fist; HRCH Politically Correct Cause, UKC Top Producing Labrador Female, HRCH, UH Kanati’s Redneck Romeo, and HRCH Kanati’s Cadillac Cowboy.
In addition to participating, Glenda has served as vice president, secretary, treasurer, and hunt secretary for her local club, Lonesome Dove HRC. She has served on several national committees: Public Relations Representative and Running Rules Representative. She served as the HRC/UKC Field Representative for Region 12 for eight years, and Chair for the HRC Youth Program for fifteen years. She has helped organize and teach HRC women’s seminars since 2007 – in Maine, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Texas. In addition, Glenda is a member of Ducks Unlimited and is a charter member of the Texas Hunting Retriever Chapter of Delta Waterfowl. She was a 4-H leader and project leader for horses and dogs for 20 years. Glenda is an avid waterfowl & dove hunter.
“My involvement in HRC began as a breeder. I was invited to my first hunt test by a puppy customer in 1994. It took only one time running a started dog to totally addict me to this game. I truly love this organization and believe it is important to give my time to the programs developed. I am eager to share what I’ve learned over the years to help handlers have courage and incentive to progress with their retrievers!
