This workshop will cover topics on field first aid kits, first aid and dog health, triaging traumatic injuries, identifying traps and how to release your dog from one, and how to manage and train for wildlife altercations. Two of the top veterinarians in the region, Dr. George Seiler and Dr. Jesse Fallon, and Nick Adair from the Gun Dog It Yourself podcast will be presenting and available for questions. The skills and experiences learned will help guide your preparedness, confidence, and ability to handle a variety of troubles you and your bird dog might encounter in the field.
This workshop is designed to educate, but also commemorate. The title Troubles with Bird Dogs is an homage to the late George Bird Evans and his book titled the same. George was a man with a deep love for his wife, his dogs, and his birds and this passion can be felt in his writings of many upland hunting books and articles. The Old Hemlock Foundation, in partnership with the Bird Dog Society, want to support individuals living with bird dogs and promote the lifestyle that George Bird and Kay Evans lived and loved so dearly.
Cost: $50 per person (includes lunch)
Workshop Itinerary:
8:00 AM – Field First Aid Kits
Presented by Richard Baylor
9:00 AM – Field First Aid Care
Presented by Jesse Fallon, DVM
10:10 AM – Field Trauma Care
Presented by George Seiler, DVM
11:30 AM – Lunch (a cold lunch and drinks provided)
12:30 PM – Tour of Old Hemlock, the home of George and Kay Evans
with LeJay Graffious
2:00 PM – Encounters with Traps
Presented by Jim Burris
3:00 PM – Dealing with Wildlife (porcupines, skunks, and snakes)
Presented by Nick Adair
