Tips and Tales Podcast
We take time to sit down to talk dogs, training, hunting, and stories with author George DeCosta of The Hunting Griff who wrote "Tips and Tales On Training Your Bird Dog" which quickly became a category bestseller on Amazon. George offers a different approach than many training books which has resonated with many readers so far! Host Robert Poe, a bird dog novice still learning himself, helps guide the conversation to draw out more stories and tips. If you have questions you would love to ask George, you can email tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com and they just might end up getting answered on an episode! Also, be sure to check out George's website at huntinggriff.com for more information and find George's book on Amazon.
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Robert and George dive into a series of questions sent in that will be helpful for a lot of people. The topics range from training with 2 dogs at home, to dealing with sound sensitivity, and more.
As always, thanks for listening!
After a bit of a hiatus, we're back at it!
George and Robert tackle the last couple of chapters of George's book and give some updates on what's happened over the last 18 months.
While George will always advocate that doing things right from the beginning of a dogs life is the best path, sometimes that is out of our control or we just plain messed up. Two common issues are hard mouth and gun shyness.
Thanks to everyo...
Robert and George sit down and talk about the duck search, retrieving dragged game, and honoring and backing. George also shares some highlights from his training season and talk some hunting plans. Be sure to check out George's book on Amazon!
George and Robert return to dive into the process of Force Fetch, or some have opted to call it the Trained Retrieve. George lays out how he walks through the process with his dogs, but the keys are to use the least amount of force necessary, give high praise, and take your time.
As always, you can learn more about George at huntinggriff.com and write comments or questions into thetipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, George talks about talking at the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association's Annual Meeting and then gives some tips about how to be successful in the NAVHDA Natural Ability Test. Then Robert and George dive into transitioning beyond the first year with your bird dog and some of the early advanced training George recommends to help transition including heeling and advanced recall.
Robert and George answer a few listener questions, then do a dive into E Collars, what to think about with them, how to introduce them and use them. Its a great conversation with great tips to help make sure you use these tools to their full potential and not end up making vital mistakes. Don't forget to write into tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com with your listener questions!
In this episode, George and Robert discuss a wide variety of topics and George, provides helpful tips to help as you train your bird dog. We had some problems with George's mic, and are currently working on finding a replacement to ensure the problem gets fixed.
As always, thank you for listening and your support. Please write in questions or comments to tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com and remember you can learn more about ...
Robert and George talk about the early season hunting George has been up to, answer a variety of questions from listeners and dive into bringing out the pointing instinct and introduction to water.
Don't forget you can send in suggestions or questions to tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com and learn more about George at huntinggriff.com.
Robert and George talk about a few more listener questions then dive into introduction to both birds and gunfire, which are so important for your hunting dog. Don't forget to shoot any questions you have to tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com
Robert and George continue the conversation and start out be answering a few listener questions including running dogs in hot weather and what to do if you have limited space. Then, George provides great insights into recall, how he uses the commands of down and sit, and finish off with a great discussion about how important the process of osmosis is.
As always, you can find George's book on Amazon. If you have questions,...
In this episode, Robert and George recap some of the highlights George's recent training clinic then dive into George's overarching rules for training your bird dog and talk about training "whoa", which George believes to be of upmost importance when training your versatile bird dog.
Don't forget you can contact us at tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com with potential questions or topics and you can pick up ...
Host Robert Poe sits down with trainer and author George DeCosta for their first conversation where we get to know George a little bit better and dive into some advice on how to use the book and hear some stories from George.
As you listen in, if you want to hear more about a certain topic or have a question you think would be helpful for yourself and other listeners, drop an email to tipsandtalespodcast@gmail.com and George m...
In this episode, you are introduced to the Tips and Tales Podcast and its host, Robert Poe. He lays out what he and George DeCosta hope for over the course of this podcast.
You can learn more about George DeCosta at his website at huntinggriff.com
You can also follow updates for the podcast by following the Instagram account at tipsandtalespodcast and we would love to hear feedback, suggestions for topics, and questions y...
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