Welcome to this video series! Get ready to be a student of the game!

It is important before diving into the video series content to do a reality check with yourself as a handler and with where you and your dog are currently at in this process of becoming a quality grouse hunting team. Each dog team will have slightly different hurdles and that could result in diff...

This video gives some detail and organization to the next video in this library that covers basic obedience introduction with more than a handful of puppies in their first week of training the fundamental commands, in addition to the next level intro of basics with Ripple at the end.

This video has eight different puppies that are four months of age in their first few lessons with the introduction to all the fundamental commands as Kyle does them. These videos were recorded back in 2017 & 2018 when Kyle was first creating the long overdue video series for raising his setters....

This video explains what you are about to watch in the several sit stay videos to follow.

Part One of the sit stay videos here demonstrates the handler's mechanics in this command sequence. It's vital that handlers understand and have muscle memory so we can aid the dog in progress by them absorbing consistent handling from us as soon as possible.

In Part Two of the sit stay videos here we now execute the choreography demonstrated in Part One with a Llewellin Setter, Chippewa. This young adult is familiar with these command structures and the purpose of the video is for you to observe the proper technique in executing the sit stay command ...

In Part Three of the sit stay videos we demonstrate the sit stay sequence one more time with a quick but detailed explanation of all mechanics of the sit stay.

The heel command is a complex command that many handlers struggle to be successful with. This introduction to the heel portion of the the library. Watch this video and stick with the heel video. Watch and re-watch! These mechanics and the understanding behind them need to become second nature to ...

The heel command is the most challenging of the fundamental commands for the handler to master due to the level of coordination involved and if your dog does not have an interest in your instruction while you are learning the ropes the challenges are compounded. This video covers the demonstratio...

The whoa command is a pillar command in the bird dog world that aids us in insuring what Kyle refers to as a "successful contact." We breakdown the mechanics of the whoa and highlight the parallels between the stay command and the whoa command in development. The two are very similar with ultimat...

This video has more fundamental work with the basics. A more recent collection of training sessions with puppies from late summer and fall of 2023. All of these pups are offspring or grandchildren to the videos from 5-6 years earlier in the first and main basic obedience video.

This video explains the next steps of obedience training once yard work is going very well. Next steps are to bring the obedience into the bird work training fields without any presence of birds. Recall and whoa on the fly at various distances is the focal point of these upcoming videos to follow...

Once basic obedience is going well in the yard consistently the next step is to integrate these commands and communication skills into the training fields. This video demonstrates the necessary basic level skills in order to achieve hunting success as a team on the best fastest timetable possibl...

Different dogs can handle different methods of training. When it comes to electronic collars a handler has to make sure they know what they are doing and that has everything to do with a pre-planned approach. The Warren Way method insures that your dog will learn from its mistakes and does so in...

This is Part 2 of the comically excellent way to learn how to vastly improve your understand, delivery and execution of the recall when your dog is in the learning phase of the collar conditioned recall. As with Part 1, the first handler Kyle works with an explanation of the process is gone over ...

Discipline, exercise, and affection. Three primary areas of the human to dog relationship. In this discussion that was held at one of Kyle's grouse dog handlers clinics we talked about the the earning system we must have our dogs on with have the proper dynamics in our relationship. This goes for...

Kyle discusses the when, the how and the why for these commands. Relationship fundamental is key to all work you do with your dog. Pay attention to the Heel checklist to help you grow and retain information about your performance.

Welcome to the section of this video library that dives into key elements discussed in classroom and in field work in Kyle's Grouse Dog Handler Clinics. These following videos are a clean classroom demonstration of some key materials in scent theory & behavior along with hunt strategy.

Intro to Grouse Hunting: The Warren Way. Kyle outlines what this video library is all about.

Having a working relationship with your bird hunting companion requires communication. Our basic obedience commands executed on a high level enables the handler and dog to function seamlessly together. This bond, understanding and respect facilitates consistent progress while the dog is in the e...

Among dog handlers and trainers world wide we have a lot of terminology that we commonly use. On a basic communication level with one another we sometimes use the same words in conversation but they are defined differently by different handlers and trainers. This video gets us all on the same pag...

In this video Kyle introduces what the six scent pictures are that our dogs encounter as we will take a deep dive into each scent picture so you have a clear understanding of what each one means and how to aid your dog in training set up.

The scent cone is the understood scent picture among bird dog trainers and handlers. It's easy to comprehend, it's easy to read in bird dog when it hits that air current of fresh bird scent. Kyle explains and illustrates this scent picture to give you a quality understanding of what's happening w...

The fallen scent cone is a scent picture that can often be experienced by very young pups (both true & tracking style pointing dogs) because they are very close to the ground and they easily pick up both ground scent and air scent. The illustrations Kyle provides sheds light on what a fallen sce...

This classroom video helps illustrate the common scent picture experience when scent conditions are poor, both in the training field and while hunting. Kyle explains how and why scent traps happen and how to avoid them in the training process.

The scent picture is most commonly found in the grouse woods and any dog that hunts ruffed grouse will encounter many scent pools on a regular basis. Kyle walks you through what a scent pool is, why it can present challenges to dogs, how to deal with them from a training perspective and what we w...

The scent picture that many bird dog folks both handlers and trainers do not understand nor have experience with prior to the shot. Most of the attention trail scent gets in the world of training bird dogs is education on "after the shot," work. This explanation and illustration of trail scent is...

This video dives into the scent picture of lofting. This is the scent picture that your dog will deal with the least out of all the scent pictures however it is always good to be informed. Kyle also illustrates how this information is utilized in K9 search and rescue operations with much larger s...

Kyle's has a very unique way to tackling hunting ruffed grouse in the northwoods. Kyle has been avidly hunting grouse since 1990 and the last 24 years has been blessed to make it a career with his dogs. Kyle most often logs over 100 days per season hunting grouse and around 500+ hours per season....

Kyle reviews all elements of his hunt strategy accompanied with tips and tricks and remember with out there hunting. Be a student of the game! There is so much to absorb for both you and your dog.

This video shows grouse habitat from the start of the season to the end of the season in the upper midwest, September through December.

8 wiley grouse handled and our last one I was able to get a connecting shot.

She concludes an 80 yard track on this grouse that results in a 25 yard shot and retrieve.

Ina’amii brings her A-game on the hardest of kings at the hardest time of year. Well done.

Amazing long track by Namé where she and I leap frogged our way up this long hot track she stayed focused and committed to. Good job girl!

She trails a pair of grouse over 100 yards and gives me a shot opportunity on the second flush. Top quality tracking dog work.

Namé working running ruffs in late November 2023 in the Northwoods.