264. Old Hemlock

One of my favorite things in the bird dog world is backing and honoring. Darryl Pernat came on the show in May of 2021 to break down his process on getting your dog to back reliably and consistently in the field! Why is backing important? "Backing" vs. "honoring" "Natural" vs. "developed" backers Better to start earlier or wait until after steadiness training? Necessary gear for training: silhouettes, pigeons, launchers The "Daryl Method" broken out step by step Getting from the bird flush to a dog point association The silhouette process Using real setup dogs Which dog gets the retrieve? Proofing the back Keeping everyone moving to prevent situational backing Backyard drills - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Check out the online gun builder and put eyes on your dream gun today! Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more) Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10% - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's something we all hope never happens to our dogs but, unfortunately, a CCL injury (equivalent to a human ACL) is more common than what you may think. When Cliff Hawkins' 3 year old Pudelpointer, Ruby, went down with the injury, he found the available information on how to navigate the situation very lacking. So he documented his experience and wrote the Navigating TPLO Surgery Article that can hopefully help others make their way through the process with as little setbacks as possible! The actual injury and getting back to the truck The surgical options for a CCL injury Confinement begins! Getting to the actual surgery The odds of the 2nd leg getting injured and was it considered while operating on the first? The cost of the surgeries The process and tips for picking up from the vet The sling/towel used for support while moving The containment space. Design, tips, and considerations Icing and PEMF (Pulse Electromagnetic Fields) The daily attention and supervision required Confinement is finally lifted with limited freedom and walks Cleared for full activity! Until....the 2nd leg.... The second surgery's "complications" Lessons learned and considerations moving forward Using Librela for the underlying lameness and arthritis K9 Athlete New Dog and Dasuquin supplements For further questions, you can reach Cliff Hawkins at [email protected]. - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Check out their online gun builder and put eyes on your dream gun today! Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more) Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10% - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GDIY Profiles are bonus episodes that feature your average DIY dog trainer and hunter. All dog owners have a story of what got them involved and the main lessons learned along the way. Hearing numerous people’s stories along with their mistakes, helps promote the idea that WE ALL STARTED AT THE SAME PLACE! NAME: Lucas Felling BREED: Llewellin Setter LOCATION: Spooner, WI TARGETS: Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock FAVORITE EPISODES: Ep. 231. Getting To Know Nick | The Force Fetch Series MISTAKE: Not focusing on the basic obedience and manners early enough MEMORABLE STORY: Lucas' dog wasn't in as rough a shape as his buddy thought! - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more) Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10% - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes a bit help and extra hands go a long ways in helping you meet your goals with your dog. Chris Girard of the Green Valley Hunting & Retriever Club joins me to talk about the benefits as well as some of the challenges training groups can offer DIY trainers. Watch Here The history of GVHRC Accessing new potential hunters Group dynamics within the club Mixing flushers and pointers Training pointers to sit and having a healthy competition for fun Pointers/Upland and Retrievers/flushing helping each other Access to fresh grounds and equipment Socialization Reading dogs Training etiquette and bringing in the new folks Meet people at the level they are at Oregon hunting opportunities Preference for pointers or flushers? - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more) Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10% - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GDIY Profiles are bonus episodes that feature your average DIY dog trainer and hunter. All dog owners have a story of what got them involved and the main lessons learned along the way. Hearing numerous people’s stories along with their mistakes, helps promote the idea that WE ALL STARTED AT THE SAME PLACE! NAME: Ron Hunt BREED: Brittany LOCATION: Brookings, SD TARGETS: Pheasant FAVORITE EPISODES: Ep. 194 Rick Smith | Ep. 195. Try to Pay it Forward | Ep. 199 Cover Dog Trials | Ep. 226 A Guide's Perspective MISTAKE: Not using something to help track the dog in the field MEMORABLE STORY: The desire to capture a special retrieve on video costs them the bird! - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You should always jump at the opportunity when you get the chance to talk to someone in the upland space who has been chasing these birds for as long as Walt Lesser has! After all, he literally wrote the book on the Real Ryman Setter. It was a privilege to sit down with Walt in his home and hear his stores and what it was exactly that spoke to him about the Ryman Setters. Watch The Full Interview Here Starting out bird hunting with beagles?!? Getting the first setters from George Bird Evans & George Ryman Tryin to fix a blinking Setter back in the day Not much interest in trials and testing. It was all about the birds and habitat. Continuing the Ryman lines Bringing Turkeys back to Dodrige County, WV The Appalachian Ryman breedes How Rymans range and hunt Hunting the legendary Canaan Valley Thinking of Grouse or WC when planning future dogs? The WV grouse habitat though out the decades The process of developing dogs back then The first beeper collars Maintaining the Ryman type Setters today Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robb and Jim make their return to the podcast to recap and share their thoughts on our recent experience at Old Hemlock and the "Trouble with Bird Dogs" event put on by the Bird Dog Society. The purpose of the Troubles with Bird Dogs event The downward trend of bird numbers over decades Learning from history The experience of the historical property Jim connecting the dots to his personal connection with G.B.E. A bowl of wishbones? Dont let your boxes of shotgun shells go unused Theres a spirit to Old Hemlock G.B.E. and Kay, the original upland content creators? - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've at least heard George Bird Evans referenced at some point even if you've just barely dipped a toe in the upland hunting space. His words continue to inspire and motivate upland hunters even decades removed from his passing. Come and take a step back in time to catch a glimpse of what it was like for George, and his wife Kaye, living at the old 1815 cabin nestled amongst the inspiring forests in the small Northeastern corner of West Virginia. This property is best known as 'Old Hemlock.' Watch the Full Episode Here! How did LeJay find himself at Old Hemlock? The privacy of Old Hemlock George and Kay's life timeline Artist, Musician, Author, Hunter.....Perfectionist When George decides to focus primarily on hunting literature and lifestyle George's writing style Developing a Setter line Kaye's role in everything George's outlook on dog training and development Their day to day routine Property development and conservation George's hunting preferences and finding focus in the uplands The status of Old Hemlock and the foundation's philanthropy The art and treasures around the cabin - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener recently reached out asking for an episode talking about general advice when it comes to planning a hunting trip. It would be fun to revisit and provide an updated version of this subject but for now I thought it was worth revisiting episode 108 with Josh Flowers originally released on 9/21/21. Why test and train in the off season The best of each breed are on level playing ground Using your relationship with your breeder Some people on have week long seasons if they have to travel The only wrong option is letting your dog sit at home Picking your target species Travel time and dog development Lodging options The delicate balance of doing group trips Be of value to the group. Labor or $$$ Balancing dog power The importance of your down learning to travel calmly Security and safety considerations Biggest mistakes for newbies - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Pick a method and stick with it!" Sure, thats sound advice. Especially for beginners. But for those of us that want to know why a particular method works or how to overcome and even prevent certain roadblocks or snags from appearing, simply focusing on the "HOW" may not be enough. Nate Czarnota of Iron Oak Dog Co. joins me to talk about the principles of dog training and how paying attention to learning theory can help you recognize what is actually connecting and driving your dog. Nate is a graduate from the NEPOPO Gold School and has since enjoyed helping teach others how they can have a better trained dog while improving their relationship with the dog by focusing on the "WHY." WATCH HERE A nice well behaved dog that also hunts Piecing together a training program Bringing concepts and principles to the NAVHDA chapter Focusing in on the WHY rather than the HOW Agreeing on the terminology in dog training Using "room service" to reward steadiness (Really high drive dog owners listen up!) Having your E-collar mean both stop and go! Primacy vs recency Forensic dog training Both dog and handler BOTH are having fun Teach first. Add pressure second. Clarity begets compliance. NePoPo. Pressure predicts a reward! Sequencing and classical conditioning Reward structures and "The Talent Code" Make them work for it! A dopamine dog vs an endorphin dog Reward variability and the dog anticipating the pattern The power of the ritual "Kicking splinters" and fighting to stay in behavior! Show References: Nate's NePoPo Seminar NePoPo Daniel Coyle "The Talent Code" Andrew Huberman "Maximize Dopamine" - Presented By: Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15% onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20% Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic - Other Partners: BPro Kennels Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20] Bird Dog Society - GDIY Links: Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices