Episode 084: Defying The Odds - On Winning The National Field Championship w/ Jaelee Schwartz

Jaelee Schwartz is the owner of Green Gable Gundogs and winner of the 2021 US Open Cocker National Championship. She has been training and competing with Spaniels since she was 8 years old alongside her father, Jeff Schwartz, a professional trainer at Rock River Kennels.  Jaelee placed in her first licensed AKC Springer trial at 10 years old, and now a professional trainer herself, is the youngest person to win the Open National Cocker Championship. Despite all of Jaelee’s accomplishments, she claims failng was a big part of her journey. She believes anything is possible with hard work and dedication.

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12:45 Horicon Marsh

13:15 2021 US National Cocker Championship

14:45 Ike, the Champ

16:30 Trialing and Testing

17:30 Springers to Cockers

20:00 Growing up raising puppies, training and traveling

23:00 Starting a training business

24:00 Growing up in the business

27:25 Accomplishments as a kiddo

31:00 Training professionally

34:15 Relationship with each dog

34:55 Placeboard training

37:00 Teaching steadiness with cheeseballs

40:15 Overcoming obstacles

46:00 Early characteristics of the National Field Champion

47:45 What it takes to get to the National

48:10 Requirements at the National

53:00 Ike’s National Run

56:50 The Moment

1:02:10 Ike’s future

53:00 Importance of pedigree

1:05:20 Hunt tests

1:08:10 Evaluating puppies

1:12:00 Finding a breeder

1:13:15 Cocker Health Clearances

1:17:00 Fieldcockers.com

1:17:40 Favorite piece of gear

Green Gable Gundogs

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