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My vision for the Upland Disciple Podcast is to bring you face to face with some of the best bird dog trainers in the world, diving in to their methods, styles, tips, tricks, and tools to help make you a better dog trainer and assist in the overall develop of your bird dog!Each episode will highlight a different trainer or method OR will have an understudy who has used a method who will share his or her story of training bird dogs in the way of the greats! I hope all of us can take at least a small nugget of training goodness away from each and every episode!Happy trialing and hunting friends!
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The Upland Disciple Podcast is hosted by Josh Ruiter. The show has published 49 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Method Dog Training - Seminar Testimonials" (2 October 2026, 76 minutes), "Copper Point Kennels w/ Tyler Koch" (20 August 2026, 122 minutes), and "Summer Shorts - Conditioning" (5 March 2026, 142 minutes).
The Upland Disciple Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 95 minutes across 49 episodes.
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Josh Ruiter hosts The Upland Disciple Podcast, a sports podcast with 49 episodes published.
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Welcome back to the Upland Disciple Podcast!! As always a huge thanks to our two title sponsors - American Natural Premium Dog Food & Trinity Gun Dog Company!! This week I want to invite you to listen in to a number of...

The Upland Disciple Podcast
Welcome back to THE Upland Disciple Podcast. This weeks episode brings us across the pond and back to chat all things British Labs with Copper Point Kennels founder and owner Tyler Koch. In this episode we discuss all...

Episode #11
<p>Welcome back to the final episode of the summer shorts/season longs series with us on the Upland Disciple Podcast. In the final episode we dive deep into dog conditioning and all that goes along with that. We cover...

Episode #10
<p>Welcome back to episode 10 of season 3 at the Upland Disciple Podcast. We continue on with our summer shorts series this week, diving in to the topic of handling. An often under discussed and under appreciated part...

Episode #9
<p>Welcome back to episode 9 of the Summer Shorts series. This week we take a deep dive with our four Pro Trainers into the topic of Honoring or Backing. Whether for safety, etiquette, or more birds in the bag, honoring...

Episode #8
<p>Welcome back to the 8th installment of the summer shorts series!! In this episode we dive deep into the trained retrieve. We discuss shaping a natural retrieve, when to train the retrieve in the dogs development, and...

Episode #7
<p>Welcome back to the 7th installment of the "Summer Shorts" series, which Jake correctly renamed the "Season Long" series in jest. In this episode we dive back in with our four pro trainers/methods to discuss Recall &...

Episode #6
<p>Welcome back to the 6th episode of the summer shorts series with us. This week we dive into the topic of steadiness or staunchness training for your dog. This is getting into more advanced training and often shows...

Episode #5
<p>Welcome back to the summer shorts series. I apologize for the slight delay. Between a wedding I had to do in Tahoe, a bout with covid leading to a weeks long cough that made recording impossible, and then field...

Episode #4
<p>Welcome back to the summer shorts series, brought to you by Redemption Bird Dogs and True Loyalty Dog Training, and sponsored by American Natural Premium dog food and Trinity Gun Dog Company. We hope you enjoy this...

Episode #3
<p>In this episode of the summer shorts we turn to collar conditioning. Collar conditioning is one of those training skills that needs to go right or it could go horribly wrong. In this episode Jake and I take a deep...

Episode #2
<p>In this episode, we again turn to George Hickox, Perfection Kennels, The Smith Method, and the The Method Dog Training pros for their insights and methods of doing bird introduction. Much like last week, there are...

Episode #1
<p>In this first episode of the "summer shorts" series, we look at puppy development from four professional trainers and their method. We kick it off with Ronnie and Suzanna Smith, of the Smith Method, looking at the...

Episode #8
<p>This is an introductory episode letting you, the listener, know what we have coming this summer. We will be doing roughly 10 "shorts" on a variety of different skills or developmental areas for dogs, bringing you...

<p>Welcome back for another episode of The Upland Disciple Podcast. On this episode we welcome in Sonny & Jordan from "The Method" dog training based out of both Connecticut and Wisconsin. Sonny and Jordan have found a...

Episode #6
<p>In this episode we switch it up a bit, still talking bird dogs and bird dog training/development but from a tools provider perspective. Mike Neiduski owns Ugly Dog Hunting, and as an avid uplander builds his business...

<p>We pick up where we left off in reverse pod episode 1, talking about training dogs to use their natural drive to extend or shape their range/pattern. We talk primarily about avoiding yo-yo-ing and getting your dog to...

<p>We pick up where we left off with field trials, training, and all things bird dogs!</p>

<p>In this episode we jump into all things bird doggin' with Kelli Aitken of Quantonas Irish Setters. It's a 2 parter so come back for part 2 in a couple weeks! Kelli gets into her story, her love of the Irish Setter...

<p>This week we welcome to the pod, legend in the making and national champion and dog of the year handler, Jamie Daniels. Jamie has trained and handled multiple champions, including recent AA dog of the year Miller's...
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