In this episode, I get real about something most dog men never talk about — the mindset behind handling frustration, learning from your dogs, and becoming the kind of handler they can trust. This isn’t a training tips episode… this is about the man behind the dog.

We break down eight hard-hitting truths that every hunter, handler, and dog man eventually learns the real way — through experience, through mistakes, and through those dogs that challenge us, humble us, and make us better.

Inside this episode, I talk about:

🐾 Why the dogs that frustrate you the most teach you the most

🐾 How your growth as a man shows up in the dog you produce

🐾 Why some dogs expose the real you — not the version you try to be

🐾 Why your dog needs presence, not perfection

🐾 How the woods expose the corners you try to cut

🐾 Why consistency > intensity in every part of training

🐾 What you allow… you teach

🐾 And why some dogs break your ego just to rebuild your character

If you’ve ever been discouraged, overwhelmed, or felt like you weren’t “good enough” as a handler — this episode is for you. This is the mindset side of hunting with dogs… the part that turns frustration into growth, and lessons into leadership.

🎧 Tap in — and let’s talk about the part of this journey that actually builds the dog man.

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