246. Opening Grouse Weekend, South Dakota 2026

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Opening weekend of the 2026 South Dakota grouse season went from bone-dry drought to 3+ inches of rain in a matter of days. Here's how weather, grazing, and crop changes shaped our hunt for wild sharptail grouse and prairie chickens around Winner, SD, and why wet cover makes grouse so hard to get close to.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Hunting season is here, and your questions keep coming. Ethan answers YouTube comments on GSP puppy food, e-collar training, hot car safety, pad conditioning before opening day, when to introduce the "heel" cue, field first aid, running with a young dog, deciding on a C-section during whelping, and what to do when a 4-month-old puppy won't fetch.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Sign Up For The Course Here - https://www.standingstonekennels.com/course-overview-whelpingalitterWelcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Planning your first litter, or did a rescue dog surprise you with one? In this episode, Ethan and Kat walk through the brand-new Breeding & Whelping Course: a complete, week-by-week guide to caring for a pregnant dog, whelping a litter safely, and raising puppies from birth to eight weeks old.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Fall assignments are locked in. In this episode, Ethan and Charles split the kennel for the season. Which German Shorthaired Pointers head north to the Dakotas for guided grouse and pheasant hunts, which dogs go south to Texas for wild quail, and why a dog's mental maturity matters more than raw talent when you're deciding who's ready.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! In this episode of the Standing Stone Podcast, Ethan sits down with Uncle Rich to break down what it's actually like to handle a dog at your first NAVHDA event. We walk through both score sheets line by line, dig into the Cassie x East pedigree and the line breeding on Shooter that produced these puppies, and get honest about the single biggest difference between a mock test and the real thing: no e-collar.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Heat index over 110, and we're still running dogs seven days a week. Ethan and Charles break down how a full-time bird dog kennel operates through the worst heat of the year: how hot is too hot to train a dog, why temperature plus humidity under 140 matters more than the thermometer, the heat stress signs to catch before it's an emergency, dog trailer safety and insulated boxes, the truck idle shutdown that could kill your dog, why acclimation is the most overlooked part of hunting season prep, concrete and asphalt pad burns, our August 1st roading and Tough Foot routine, and a full progress report on Thunder's NAVHDA Invitational prep.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Eight Natural Ability dogs. Three days. Wind, heat, soaked fields, first-time handlers, a puppy in her first heat cycle, and every single dog that ran prized.Kat sits down with Tessa to break down the NA side of the Kansas NAVHDA test hosted right here on the kennel grounds. Ethan and Charles already covered the Utility dogs, so this one is all about the puppies: what scored, what didn't, and exactly why the scorecard fell the way it did.Two perfect 112 Prize I scores. Three Prize IIs that came down to a single number. And a full walkthrough of the handling decisions that separated them.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! From designing fire-sprinkler systems to painting Victorian homes to judging over 200 dogs for NAVHDA, Jon Yaeger's path into the versatile dog world is anything but typical. Ethan sits down with Jon (and Charles) to talk about chasing bird dogs, tests, and titles around a real career, plus the training philosophy that separates good dogs from great ones.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! Renae Thomas went from grooming million-dollar warmblood jumpers in the Grand Prix horse world to becoming one of the most respected bird dog trainers and NAVHDA judges in Texas. In this episode of the Standing Stone Podcast, Ethan sits down with Renae and Charles to dig into her unlikely path, the surprising crossover between horse and dog training, and the hard truths about turning your passion for dogs into a career.Send Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW

Welcome to Standing Stone Kennels! What happens when a 16-year-old with a Vizsla and a YouTube education sends a cold résumé to the kennel that's been training him for free? He becomes part of the team.In this episode of the Standing Stone Podcast, Ethan sits down with Josiah, a bird-hunting kid who found Standing Stone on YouTube, discovered they were 7 miles away, and did something most adults won't: he reached out professionally and asked for an opportunity.In this episode:00:00 Introduction — Meet Josiah00:34 How Josiah Found Standing Stone on YouTube01:54 Training His Vizsla With Online Videos02:09 Realizing the Kennel Was 7 Miles Away03:14 Why He Sent a Résumé and Cover Letter05:14 From Intern to Employee in Two Days07:33 Josiah's Bird Hunting Background & Family Legacy09:43 Kansas Pheasant and Quail Country11:41 Beagles, a Falconer Brother, and the Switch to Bird Dogs12:38 Training Millie — Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned15:08 Vizsla Strengths vs. Weaknesses: Steadiness vs. Retrieve Drive17:33 What Kennel Life Actually Looks Like Day-to-Day18:43 How Standing Stone's Training Program Is Different21:10 The Hardest Part of the Job (Keeping 40+ Dogs Straight)24:52 Favorite Dog in the Kennel: Thunder26:03 Least Favorite Part of the Job27:43 Football, Homeschool, and Morning Weights29:11 Is This What You Hoped It Would Be?35:00 Future Goals — More Training, Hunt Tests, and Working Full Time With Dogs36:03 Advice for Anyone Who Wants to Break Into the Kennel World37:04 Dream Hunt: Dakota's PheasantsSend Us Mail5919 W Pleasant Valley RdPretty Prairie, KS 67570LinksStep-By-Step Dog Training Course: https://www.standingstonesupply.com/coursesJoin our Patreon Community - https://bit.ly/SSK-PatreonOur Store - https://bit.ly/SSK-StoreSocial MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/StandingStoneKennelsInstagram: www.instagram.com/standingstonekennels/Website: www.standingstonekennels.comEthan and Kat Pippitt are the proud owners of Standing Stone Kennels. They breed German Shorthaired pointers and train all types of dogs for the hunt and the home. Their training strategies are easy to follow and are flexible to meet the needs of individual dogs. They are avid outdoorsmen and when they aren't training dogs they spend their free time hunting all kinds of game across the United States.We use affiliate links to help support the channel. If you would like to support Standing Stone content we appreciate you using the links in the description of this video.Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2Dyy9DW