The Flush Podcast - Stories from the field
Reaching the Bird Dog Pinnacle
May 28, 20261h 12m · 13,059 words
Show notes
Greg Blair is the Sporting Dog Manager at Purina, and has walked the fields with some of the finest bird dogs in America – including his own National Champion. Greg and Travis discuss what it takes to get the most out of your bird dog during the hunt, at trials, hunt tests, and at home.
Highlighted moments
You've got to actually win a champion championship stake. So the Northern Minnesota cover dog championship, if it's labeled a championship and there's 60 dogs in that championship, you've got to win it to be titled a champion. You don't get any points. So you've got to win it.
“They're basically at college 24 seven. Now us hunting, you know, if you're hunting with a couple of buddies or you're fortunate enough to have three or four dogs, you notice when that dog's slowing down a little bit, needs a break, you take them off, you put them away, you run them the next afternoon versus that morning.”
“these dogs are so skilled that we have today that we are so fortunate to have these breeds that have the ability that we barely, for the most part, most of us barely scratch the surface on what our dog can do out there.”
“It's not just send them out one year, get the training, bring them back. And they, you can just open the door every time. No, you need to, you know, tune them up or get them in shape or be committed to that dog.”
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