Chad Hines owns Willow Creek Kennels, where he breeds German shorthair pointers and trains all types of sporting dogs. Chad shares all kinds of helpful information his methods and reasons for tail docking, his take on team training, and many other helpful training tips to get your dog the exercise and experience it needs to be a great sporting dog.

Sara Carson is the owner of Super Collies and an extremely well-accomplished dog trainer. Carson has appeared on America's Got Talent with a couple of her dogs, one of which has learned more than 600 tricks. Sara shares how she goes about training her dogs in agility, how her experience was on AGT, and what she plans to do with her upcoming field-bred golden retriever pup. This is a fun one!

Jeremy Moore is a well-known dog trainer who specializes in bird hunting, game recovery, and shed antler training. He is a huge advocate of patience in training, as well as making every attempt possible to build in year-round experiences with his dogs.

MeatEater's, Clay Newcomb, grew up in a bird hunting family but quickly pivoted to running hounds once the bobwhite numbers plummeted in his native Arkansas. He also trains mules and has developed a recent passion for squirrel dogs.

Purina's, Karl Gunzer, has a long, successful record of dog training and field trialing. Not only is he is a dedicated bird dog owner, but he's also heavily into sheepdogs. We discuss if the raw food diet is healthy for dogs, bird breath detection, and some great overall health tips to keep your dog going strong.

Shane Cresswell is a Canadian dog trainer who specializes in bringing out the most in all of the dogs he handles. He works with a wide variety of hunting breeds, but has a soft spot in his heart for English springer spaniels.

Bob St. Pierre works for Pheasants Forever and is a devout bird hunter. He owns three German shorthair pointers and spends much of his fall traveling through multiple states in search of upland adventures. Bob returns to the podcast for another great episode to talk about traveling to hunt, introducing new dogs to the pack, and much more. This is a fun one, don’t miss it!

Arleigh Reynolds is the Director of the Center for One Health Research at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He's also an upland hunter, sled dog musher, and expert on canine health. Arleigh returns to the podcast for a second time to discuss canine conditioning, how important finding the right nutrition ratio is for sporting dogs, and all kinds of great info every sporting dog owner should know. Check it out!

Addie Reis is a Vet Tech who has worked with a variety of animals throughout her life. She's a force-free trainer who is determined to show that all dogs can be developed to a high level through positive, long-game lessons. Addie goes into depth into her force-free training style, how important clicker training is, and how her natural hold and carry treat training exercises work.

George Hickox has successfully trained some of the best Field Trial dogs in the world. He's also a wealth of knowledge on canine behavior and what we should do as handlers to encourage proper dog development at all ages. George returns to the podcast to discuss bird introduction, clicker training, fitness, nutrition, horseback training, and much more to develop a bragging rights gun dog.