Ultimate Dad Podcast

Our first guest since all of the COVID-19 shut down restriction are being lifted, and its non other than Brady Foster. Its a fantastic episode, and we are super excited to be back in the podcast studio!

Brady, better known by his Instagram as @K9GunnerTactical is a dog trainer by profession. While in the USMC, Brady and his unit used working dogs to find explosives and people inside of buildings. After the Marine Corps, Brady went on to become a personal executive protection agent for a wealthy family. During his 4 year stint, he acquired a new German Shepherd puppy, named Gunner. (hints, K9 Gunner)

Brady personally trained Gunner to become a drug detection K9. Utilizing Gunners skills to help rehab facilities search out contraband brought in by patients and guests. It was during this time that Brady knew he wanted to pursue dog training at a professional level. Fast forward a few years, and K9 Gunner Tactical is a 50 kennel facility on 100 acres in New Jersey, and known as one of the top dog training facilities in the country, specializing in aggressive dog cases.

As a new father to a 1 month old little boy, Nash, Brady gives us his thoughts on parenting and how he and his wife have built a team like approach to raising their new son. We get an inside scoop on whats new for K9GT in 2020 and beyond, but you will have to watch the podcast to find out!

All of this and a ton more on this episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast

We are all trying not to loose our minds among the COVID-19 quarantines. With kids home from school, millions of us out of work, and everyone's movements restricted, it's easy to see why we are slipping into madness.

Just like a virus spreading, negativity can infect everyone in your house. If you make a mind shift change, and look at the current situation like a challenge from a friend, you can create a competitive and positive environment. You can become the best teacher in the world for YOUR kids. No one can teach your kids as well as you can. That is the mindset you need to have.

If you are not a parent, or have kids old enough to look after themselves most of the day, you can get projects done that you always put off because you "don't have time"… That excuse is no longer valid. Set micro goals, and chip away at it. Clean the fridge out, put away things in the garage, fix the lawn mower, etc… Before you know it, the day is over and things are getting done, and you didn't just sit on the couch, eat an entire bag of Taco flavor Doritos and watch Tiger King all day…not that we would know from personal experience. …

All of this and a ton more on this episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast.

We are LIVE! When we recorded this episode, we jumped on Instagram Live with Vaughn, AKA, @TheManSpot to bring you guys along for the ride. We recap the Mint 400 race and tell some stories of the week long event in Vegas with Travis and Will.

Vaughn, along with navigators Tim and Mark, were able to bring the Green TBG race Jeep to a second place finish in class, while team mates John and Nate Williams brought home the Gold with a first place finish in the blue TBG Jeep.

The Mint 400 is known as "The Great American Desert Race". With nearly 300 trucks and motorcycles resisted every year to race 400 miles in the Nevada desert, as well as a downtown Las Vegas festival, is lives up to that name. You can get up close and personal with every race vehicle as the roll through Fremont Street, squeezing past vendor and sponsor tents to get to tech inspection. It really is a race event like no other.

All of the and more on this Episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast.

This week you'll hear about:

😴 Sleep walking kids

✌️ Beav's wife leaves him

🤷‍♂️ Loosing control

☣️ Pickles and Mayo

All of this and more in Episode 37 of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast

In this episode you'll hear about:

- Alex Drinks water

- Hate in the community

- Beav and Alex rant about bad drivers and TikTok

February seems to be spring time now here in the south, which means pollen(aka yellow death) covers everything and people start sneezing. Alex trying to be proactive and start regular doses of anti allergy medicine, caused and allergic reaction… How do you get an allergy to anti allergy medicine??? Alex tries to explain…you will want to hear this.

Beav recaps the King of the Hammers trip, which started off pretty bad at the airport. Travis started feeling sick just before boarding the flight, and the call was made for him to stay behind and Beav to make the trip solo. Good thing, because it turns out Travis had the Flu and was about to infect everyone, not to mention being stuck in the desert for a week sick.

Thankfully the rest of the trip out there was fairly successful, a little bit of drama with the rented RV, but that was the worst of it. Vaughn ( @THEMANSPOT) along with John and Nate of @ImpulseOffRoad had good starts to the race and were able to get much further before mechanical failures took them out of the race.

Coming back home, Beav's favorite airline, American Airlines, once again delayed his flight leaving Vegas, which caused him to miss his connection in Dallas, and causing him to be a day late getting back home to his kids and wife. He is beyond over being stuck in airports every time he flies out West and tries to come back home.

We also get a pregnancy update on kid 4 from Alex.

All of this and a ton more on this episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast

This week, Alex has been left on his own with the 3 boys as his wife has been out of town. If you heard Ep. 033, you know Alex has been working on a new night time potty training trick. By night two, the struggle had fully set in during a 3am tantrum after one of the twins wet the bed, which woke up the other boy that triggered a melt down over a difference in pajamas.

Beav has been working on trying to change his mindset around involving the girls in more technical tasks like working on cars, doing dishes, helping around the house or even trying to get them to keep their shoes on. The amount of time it takes to teach your kids these tasks that would normally take 5 min to just "do" is a valuable lesson for the little ones, and hopefully translates into skill sets that they can build on and use in the real world. You just have to accept that you are going to spend a lot longer on something so that they can learn new things.

Speaking of mindset, the guys discuss instilling values into the kids that let them know its OK for them to not go along with whatever their friends are doing. "Monkey see, monkey do" applies to just to friends, but also parents, because your kids will mimic you. Getting them to know its OK for them to think for them selves and not to worry about what everyone else is doing starts with you as the parent and example.

All of this and more in Episode 34 of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast.

Alex has a new trick he has been using to get his boys potty trained through out the night. It involves them being asleep and a pitcher of warm water… You probably have never heard this one before, but it's a pretty good dad hack.

Beav is back from Vegas, and gives us his take on the new and old that was at SHOT this year. 3 years of being told the PSA MP5 is coming out "in a few months" and all of the same AR15 "new" parts tend to blend in, but when a few products actually stand out, like Polymer80's new frames and some other custom pistol options, it's actually pretty exciting. But the main reason Beav takes the week to be in Vegas is to meet up with friends, industry partners and TBG customers that come up and stop him at the show. He always appreciates everyone that he runs into, so if you happen to see him out and about, be sure to say hey.

The next big event TBG will be at is the King of Hammers off road race in Johnson Valley, CA Feb 3-9. We will be out there with Vaughn @TheManSpot and two other 4500 Class Jeeps built by Impulse Off Road. If you are at Hammer Town be sure to hit us up with a DM on Instagram (@tacticalbabygear) and stop by to see the new livery on the TBG race Jeeps.

All of this and a whole lot more on Episode 033 of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast

If you thought Christmas with 3 kids was bad enough, just wait till you hear why Alex had to wrangle his trio as a solo dad during the entire Christmas and New Years break. Alex's New Year's resolution( really more of a goal) may be including trying to be more patient, especially once kid number 4 arrives mid year. Speaking of goals, from last weeks episode with Pulseology, the topic of micro goals came up as a strategy to build momentum. Achieving goals in steps can make the whole process much more motivating as you build up and up, instead of feeling like the end goal is still so far away. Beav is taking this approach into 2020 with goals and tasks as it relates to Tactical Baby Gear® projects. Too many things on a to-do list can mean nothing gets done. Beav finally got to break in the new deck space in his back yard with a New Year Eve shindig. The whole TBG crew, (except for Alex), and a few friends brought their kids over for food and drinks. Drinks include Tequila, which Brandy helped her self to, making the party way more entertaining. Brandy and the kids were asleep by 10:30, so unfortunately the entertainment didn't last long. Have you ever felt guilty about wanting to send you kids to school or day care to get them out of the house? Don't, it's normal, and really really necessary to have time for your self. Hear the guys talk about their experiences past, present and future as their kids get older, and new born is on the way. All of this and a ton more on this episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast! In this episode, Beav sits down with the owners of Pulseology, a local fitness club and team of personal trainers. Being that it's New Years, and everyone is bound and determined to "get in the gym and be healthier" We thought it would be a good idea to give you guys some insights to set your self up for success and being able to stick to those New Years resolutions.

Statistically, something like 95% of new gym members stop going after just 3 months. John, JP and Scott, all with military backgrounds, give us some tips on ways you can set goals and keep motivation up that will help you not just stay on your new health path, but actually enjoy it. (Yeah, its actually possible to enjoy the gym, we know…it's weird.)

So much of a fitness journey, (what ever that may mean to you), is almost completely mental. Changing your mindset, and having good mental health is a huge part of being able to continue and not give into the excuses that become easier and easier to succumb to. As a former Army recon platoon leader, JP is very big on mental health, and listening to his take on goals will change the way you jump into something new.

We encourage you to listen to this all the way through, because there is great info through out the episode.

All of this and a ton more on the episode of the Tactical Baby Gear® Podcast.