Episode 059: Shed Hunting - Pursuit in the Off Season w/Tierney Rae Schneider

Tierney and her British Lab Maggie recently won the 2021 North American Shed Hunting Dog Association World Championship. Tierney shares some training tips, and characteristics that ideal shed dogs possess. And it’s that time of year, shed hunters are out in abundance right now. This is a fun way to keep your bird dogs and yourself active and in pursuit in the offseason.

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6:45 NASHDA World Championship

13:20 Handling through competition

16:30 How Tierney got started

20:15 Breed of choice – British Labs

21:30 Shed training and conditioning

25:30 Retriever vs Non-Retriever Breeds

26:10 UKC and NASHDA Dififerences

31:00 Hobby vs Competition

32:15 Breeding dogs for shed hunting

35:00 Ideal characteristics for a shed dog

37:30 Puppy shed training

40:40 Parts of an antler

42:00 Reasons to shed hunt

43:25 Antler quality

46:40 Bird Dogs that shed hunt

47:50 Shed competition popularity

50:00 Time of year for competition

51:50 Goals

55:00 Future plans

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