Emmet Sasser, started his bird dog trainer journey as a toddler riding around in his grandfather’s bird bag. He grew up training and hunting with his grandfather and the family dogs. As his interest grew in training and trialing, he found an exceptional mentor in dog trainer and handler, Tom Woods (NBHA Hall of Fame). Emmet’s training style was heavily influenced by the years spent training under Tom, and his methodology is a big part of who Emmet is today.  Through Tom, and other NBHA members, Emmet made lifelong connections and received invaluable guidance and mentorship from Glen Cumbie (NBHA Hall of Fame), Steve Morgan (mentored by Glen), and Butch Watson (who gave Emmet his initial training equipment setup). Emmet has continued developing his personal training style through observation of behavior in the field, studying and shaping responses to training, and learning how to develop his gun dogs without subduing their spirit. His methods incorporate a calm and steady hand, consistent reinforcement, and lots of praise; all with an intuitive response to each dog’s learning process. The dogs that go through his program are responsive, confident, driven and steady in the field and at home. Emmet owns and breeds German Shorthaired Pointers, has been training and hunting with his dogs since 1997, and competing since 2017.