Bridging the Gap: Real-World Retriever Steadiness with Aaron Joos (Red Cedar Retrievers)
This duck hunting podcast episode dives into a real, in-the-field case study on retriever steadiness, breaking, and handler discipline. Host Tyler goes “Mattless and Jeff-less” and brings back Aaron Joos of Red Cedar Retrievers (Western Wisconsin) to unpack a quick early-season goose hunt with Nala, his 4.5-year-old Labrador with a Senior Hunter title. We walk through what triggered a break on geese, what corrections worked, why geese are “kryptonite” for some dogs, and how to build steadiness in real hunting conditions—dog blinds vs. stands, using a “sit” shot call, running one shell to…
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