Episode 062: Bonding With Your Bird Dog w/Aleah Marcoe

Aleah Marcoe of Backwater Hunting Dogs in Southeast Nebraska trains and personally hunts and guides with pointing breeds, flushing breeds, and even a Chiweenie. She believes each dog is different and trains as such. Aleah focuses on bonding with each individual dog to get the best out of them. She shares some hunt test strategy, tips for avoiding trainer burnout, and why she prefers to complete Master Hunter titles on dogs before 2 years old. Oh, And she loves GWP’s, Cockers and Bracco’s, so you know she’s just gotta be a pretty cool gal!

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5:35 Getting started in bird dogs

6:10 Getting started in bird hunting

8:30 First bird dog

12:25 Pointing dogs in retriever clubs

17:00 Trying all the venues

14:10 Horses

18:45 Aleah’s string

23:30 Pointers and Flushers

28:00 Hunt test manners vs hunting

29:00 Hunt test strategy

30:20 Training techniques

32:30 Teaching dogs patience

34:10 Avoiding trainer burnout

37:10 Training different breeds

42:10 Preferred breeds

43:00 Wirehairs are hardcore

46:00 Spousal approval

46:40 Dog breeding

47:45 Training regimen

51:50 Upland Guiding

53:45 Focusing on each dog individually

56:30 Importance of bonding with your dog

1:00:00 Importance of crate/kennel training

1:02:30 Recall and Patience

1:04:05 Place training

1:05:45 Bucket list hunt

1:06:25 Fajita wild game cooking

1:07:15 Waterfowl recipe tip

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