Episode 084: Defying The Odds - On Winning The National Field Championship w/ Jaelee Schwartz
Jaelee Schwartz is the owner of Green Gable Gundogs and winner of the 2021 US Open Cocker National Championship. She has been training and competing with Spaniels since she was 8 years old alongside her father, Jeff Schwartz, a professional trainer at Rock River Kennels. Jaelee placed in her first licensed AKC Springer trial at 10 years old, and now a professional trainer herself, is the youngest person to win the Open National Cocker Championship. Despite all of Jaelee’s accomplishments, she claims failng was a big part of her journey. She believes anything is possible with hard work and dedication.
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12:45 Horicon Marsh
13:15 2021 US National Cocker Championship
14:45 Ike, the Champ
16:30 Trialing and Testing
17:30 Springers to Cockers
20:00 Growing up raising puppies, training and traveling
23:00 Starting a training business
24:00 Growing up in the business
27:25 Accomplishments as a kiddo
31:00 Training professionally
34:15 Relationship with each dog
34:55 Placeboard training
37:00 Teaching steadiness with cheeseballs
40:15 Overcoming obstacles
46:00 Early characteristics of the National Field Champion
47:45 What it takes to get to the National
48:10 Requirements at the National
53:00 Ike’s National Run
56:50 The Moment
1:02:10 Ike’s future
53:00 Importance of pedigree
1:05:20 Hunt tests
1:08:10 Evaluating puppies
1:12:00 Finding a breeder
1:13:15 Cocker Health Clearances
1:17:00 Fieldcockers.com
1:17:40 Favorite piece of gear
Green Gable Gundogs
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