Dog Driven Blog

Separating Marketing from Science in Canine Nutrition
Separating Marketing from Science in Canine Nutrition
Walk into any pet store and you'll see shelf after shelf of dog food proudly displaying labels like Grain-Free, Ancestral Diet, Natural, or Wolf-Inspired. These terms have become synonymous with... Read more...
Protecting Performance: The Story Behind ReKoil Dog Vests
Protecting Performance: The Story Behind ReKoil Dog Vests
When we prepare our dogs for hunting season, we spend countless hours on training, conditioning, nutrition, and building the partnership that makes every retrieve possible. We invest in quality shotguns,... Read more...
Tiny Bite, Big Consequences: Why Every Sporting Dog Owner Should Take Ticks Seriously
Tiny Bite, Big Consequences: Why Every Sporting Dog Owner Should Take Ticks Seriously
If you spend enough time in the field with your dog, you're eventually going to find a tick. Maybe it's after an early morning duck hunt. Maybe it's following a... Read more...
Small Dog, Big Impact: What One Boykin Spaniel Can Teach Us About Dogs, Community, and Conservation
Small Dog, Big Impact: What One Boykin Spaniel Can Teach Us About Dogs, Community, and Conservation
What can one Boykin Spaniel teach us about dogs, training, and life? In this episode of Dog Driven, Whitney sits down with Ed Lynn to discuss the unique challenges and... Read more...
Built, Not Rushed: A Conversation with Blake Haddock of Feather Point Retrievers
Built, Not Rushed: A Conversation with Blake Haddock of Feather Point Retrievers
In this episode of Dog Driven, Whitney sits down with Blake Haddock of Feather Point Retrievers to discuss his journey from hunting coonhounds and deer hounds as a teenager to... Read more...
More Than Training: Building Better Dogs Through Trust, Patience, and Partnership with Dr. Anna Artz
More Than Training: Building Better Dogs Through Trust, Patience, and Partnership with Dr. Anna Artz
For nearly 24 years, Dr. Anna Artz has dedicated her life to veterinary medicine, hunting, and understanding the unique bond between dogs and their handlers. In this episode of Dog... Read more...
Understanding Diagnostic Tests Part 1: What Your Dog's Bloodwork Is Really Telling You
Understanding Diagnostic Tests Part 1: What Your Dog's Bloodwork Is Really Telling You
As dog owners, especially those of hunting, sporting, and performance dogs, we spend a lot of time focusing on training, nutrition, conditioning, and recovery. But one of the most valuable... Read more...
Building Better Gun Dogs with Seth Fontenot
Building Better Gun Dogs with Seth Fontenot
Training, Hunt Tests & Retriever Development When it comes to developing reliable hunting dogs, there are no shortcuts. Great retrievers aren't built overnight—they're shaped through years of consistent training, countless... Read more...
Fueling the Athlete: Understanding Calories, Metabolism & Performance Nutrition in Sporting Dogs
Fueling the Athlete: Understanding Calories, Metabolism & Performance Nutrition in Sporting Dogs
Fueling the Athlete: Understanding Calories, Metabolism & Performance Nutrition in Sporting Dogs There’s a major problem in the sporting dog world: Too many performance dogs are being fed based on... Read more...
Drive Across Disciplines
Drive Across Disciplines
Why Working Dogs Have More in Common Than We Think Spend enough time in any working dog community and you’ll start to hear the same word repeated over and over:... Read more...
When You’re Not at 100%: The Science of Leadership in Off Weeks
When You’re Not at 100%: The Science of Leadership in Off Weeks
There’s something we don’t talk about enough in the working dog world. We talk about drive.We talk about genetics.We talk about conditioning, steadiness, endurance, and precision. But we don’t talk... Read more...