{"podcast":{"title":"Birdshot Podcast","slug":"birdshot-podcast-441864","podcast_index_feed_id":441864,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TSOL3508322204","website_url":"https://birdshotpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b5fdbd90-8daa-11ec-867d-ab06db8eed08/image/714f9e2861e54ac51705426c80f44463.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nick Larson","episode_count":354,"summary":"Birdshot Podcast, presented by onX Hunt and hosted by Nick Larson, is where upland hunters come together. Each week we share conversations that connect the people, stories, and traditions of wingshooting—from bird dogs and shotguns to the birds and landscapes that bring us back season after season.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T20:19:52.127926+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birdshot-podcast-441864"},"episode":{"title":"#352 | Raising the Next One: A Lifetime of Bird Dogs with Steve Snell of Gun Dog Supply","slug":"352-raising-the-next-one-a-lifetime-of-bird-dogs-with-steve-snell-of-gun-dog-supply","published_at":"2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birdshot-podcast-441864/352-raising-the-next-one-a-lifetime-of-bird-dogs-with-steve-snell-of-gun-dog-supply","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birdshot-podcast-441864","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSOL5516457911.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSOL5516457911.mp3","summary":"Bird dogs come and go over a hunting life, and every new puppy is a chance to do it better than the last. Fresh off bringing home a new setter pup, Nick Larson sits down with Steve Snell of Gun Dog Supply to talk through what 50-plus dogs have taught Steve about raising the next one, from the first weeks at home to a lifetime in the field. It had been since 2018 — episode #12 — that Steve was last on the show, and a lot of ground gets covered here. The conversation opens on bird dog safety: heat and when to call a hunt, the real risk math on rattlesnakes versus ticks, and the hazard most owners underrate (porcupines, not snakes). From there it works its way through nearly every stage of a dog's life — breed selection, the first few weeks with a puppy, crate training, sound exposure, table work, and the gear that actually matters — before closing on Garmin's new TT25 beeper and why Steve runs mini flex bands on every dog he owns. A throughline keeps surfacing: the hunter's job is to make good decisions on the dog's behalf, because the dog won't make them for itself. Expect to Learn: - Why Steve sees protecting the dog as the hunter's responsibility — the dog won't protect itself. - How heat, sun, wind, and terrain change the call on whether to run a dog at all. - Why porcupines may be a bigger day-to-day problem than the rattlesnakes everyone fears. - How Steve thinks about matching a breed to where and how you actually hunt. - What Steve focuses on in a puppy's first few weeks, and why he keeps sessions to five or ten minutes. - Why he raises every dog inside the house, and how exposure to noise, crates, kids, and vehicles builds a bulletproof dog. - The only two pieces of gear Steve insists on for a new puppy — and why a drag line does so much work. - What's new with…","meta_description":"Bird dogs come and go over a hunting life, and every new puppy is a chance to do it better than the last. Fresh off bringing home a new setter pup, Nick L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5281,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/birdshot-podcast-441864/episodes/352-raising-the-next-one-a-lifetime-of-bird-dogs-with-steve-snell-of-gun-dog-supply/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/birdshot-podcast-441864/352-raising-the-next-one-a-lifetime-of-bird-dogs-with-steve-snell-of-gun-dog-supply.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}