The Upland Disciple Podcast Josh Ruiter

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!!! 

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!

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!

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!

We continue an in-depth conversation with Mr. George Hickox looking at the middle benchmarks and stages of pointing dog development from steadiness to prairies work, all the way to having a gun dog any of us could be proud of taking out with our buddies are playing the field trial game with!

In part one of this three part interview we dive deep with Mr. George Hickox on his philosophy of dog training, the psychology of dogs, and the starting process of young dog development in his proven, effective, and championship winning method of dog training.