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19 episodes
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The Upland Disciple Podcast Josh Ruiter
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My vision for the Upland Disciple Podcast is to bring you face to face with some of the best bird dog trainers in the world, diving in to their methods, styles, tips, tricks, and tools to help make you a better dog trainer and assist in the overall develop of your bird dog!
Each episode will highlight a different trainer or method OR will have an understudy who has used a method who will share his or her story of training bird dogs in the way of the greats! I hope all of us can take at least a small nugget of training goodness away from each and every episode!
Happy trialing and hunting friends!
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The Munsterlander and NAVHDA with Chris Alberini from Teuful Hunden
On this episode with Chris Alberini, owner and trainer at Teuful Hunden Kennels, a kennel built on and for the Small Munsterlander, Chris dives deep on all things small time bird dogs. He trains his own and trains for others. He is a NAVHDA geek in the best way and runs his dogs at a high level in that system. Chris goes through every step of dog development in his program and what has made him so incredibly successful in a short time. Check it out to hear more about his training method and style as well as his breed and the NAVHDA game!!
And thank you to our our sponsors!!! American Natural Premium for powering our dogs, and Trinity Gun Dog Company and Paradigm Sporting Dog for protecting and helping our dogs in all scenarios at home and in the field!! -
Dog Nutrition w/ Carolyn Kennedy of American Natural Premium
We welcome Carolyn Kennedy to the podcast to discuss all things bird dog nutrition. We have a fund conversation over what to look for in an ingredient deck in your dog food, proper proportions of protein to fat ratios, which proteins are ideal or optimal, as well as many more dog food centric topics. We also dive into many of the myths or stories surround dog nutrition from grain free to corn and other issues such as meat sources or types. If you have ever wondered what to key on in searching for the best nutrition for your pet, Carolyn, from American Natural Premium lays it all out there in a very fun and easy to understand way!!!
And as always thank you to our sponsors!! American Natural Premium, Trinity Gun Dog Company, and Paradigm Sporting Dog for your ongoing support and commitment to helping me bring the best of the bird dog world to each listener who enjoys the podcast!!! -
Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Gundogs pt 2
We continue with Grayson, looking at the ongoing work of developing a gun dog and then a finished dog, hitting on the drills, benchmarks and tools used in his program to finish a bird dog for each client. We also spend some time on trained retrieve or force fetch, discussing what it looks like and how Grayson goes about shaping a retrieve for a bird dog.
Thank you to our sponsors American Natural Premium dog foods, Trinity Gun Dog Company, and The Paradigm Sporting Dog for your continued support of the podcast and all things uplands!!! -
Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Gundogs pt 1
Join us for part 1 of a 2 part interview with Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Gundogs. Grayson has been in dog training and development for many years, doing everything from military and police k9 training, to the bite dog world, to retrievers and pointing dogs in the upland.
In part one we focus heavily on early dog development including the fundamental and crucial stages that include bird introduction, developing prey drive, collar and gun conditioning and more. Grayson pairs the benchmarks of his program with stories of his years of training both at home and abroad for clients that range from private clients to the military overseas.
Thank you to our sponsors American Natural Premium dog foods, Trinity Gun Dog Company, and Paradigm Sporting Dog for your ongoing support and incredible investment in the bird dog world! -
It's NOT A Man's World w/ Kami Elsisie
In this episode we take a look at most things outdoors, but focus heavily on Kami's experience in the uplands with her two dogs Sig and Benelli, as well her time in the field hunting with her dogs and learning to train w/ her mentor George Hickox.
Fun fact about Kami, she was on Naked and Afraid, proof that she is one of the coolest, most fearless, and adventerous uplanders I know. She is an adult onset Uplander who has jumped in with both feet, learning and leading where she can in the outdoor space, upland world, and as an advocate for the underrepresented in the hunting and upland space!
Also a big thank you to our sponsors American Natural Premium Dog Food, Paradigm Sporting Dog, and Trinity Gun Dog Company!
To find Kami on social media look her up @kamkam520 on Instagram or @KamiliaElsisie on Facebook!
Hope you enjoy this fun podcast exploring the uplands and outdoors with Kami! -
The Hickox Method - pt3
We conclude the three part interview with Mr. George Hickox with hitting on some key issues, questions that pop up, opportunities to learn and train with him, as well as just revisiting some of the big ticket items he mentioned throughout the previous two episodes for clarity and help!