EP 50: Designing a Dog That Can Win Anywhere

About this episode

The episode explores the journey of building a top-performing retriever with insights from experts in the field.

Season 3 kicks off with a deep dive into what it really takes to build a “Grand Slam” retriever. In this episode of the Hunt Test Hobo Podcast, Chris sits down with multiple Grand Champion Ron Anderson and training partner Scott Arceneaux to unpack the journey behind one of the most accomplished amateur-trained dogs in the game. We talk about Rip — a true unicorn — and what it means to build a dog capable of winning across formats: Field TrialsHunt TestsThe GrandThe CrownThis isn’t a “we got ...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Rud

Guests: Ron Anderson, Scott Arceneaux

Topics covered

• dog training
• retrievers
• Grand Champion
• Field Trials
• Hunt Tests
• competition

Keywords

• Grand Slam
• retriever training
• amateur-trained dogs
• Field Trials
• Hunt Tests
• dog competition

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Rip

Books & works: Hunt Test Hobo Podcast

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