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[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
Hello folks and welcome to your outlet for outdoors and western lifestyle, the Bend Show. I am your host Rebecca Wanner, AKA Becky. And you know we love hearing from all of you. Your comments, stories, ideas, get a hold of us anytime. Call or text 305-92363 again that's 305-900-2363 or you can always email benradioshowmail.com Ryan Long, as always, is my producer and co host, Jeff Tigger Earhart. Now we hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of July that you overate on all your goodies. Did you know that on the 4th of July it's estimated 150 million hot dogs were consumed? I'm not even going to have ticker answer how many I ate.
[00:01:10] Speaker B: I was going to say 12% were by you.
[00:01:13] Speaker A: I love hot dogs.
[00:01:14] Speaker B: Yeah, you do.
[00:01:15] Speaker A: Then what about the burgers? That's the other big thing. On the 4th of July, it's estimated 375 million hamburgers were enjoyed on an independence day.
[00:01:26] Speaker B: So what percentage do you think were actually smash burgers? Because that's my favorite. Some people are not into smash burgers. I don't know why.
I know some people may like a little thicker burger.
[00:01:37] Speaker A: Well, and this was a first for us. We went and we always talk about, you know, prepping food prepping before we head out camping. And so for the 4th of July here, we did just that ahead of time. We had thawed out quite a bit of burger whatever we thought we were going to use and ahead of time, just to save time made them all into quarter. They're about a third of a cup. About a third of a cup was the size we measured into our hand to make little meatballs and then froze them. And then it just worked out. They naturally thawed and worked out perfect for you to throw on the grill on the fourth.
[00:02:11] Speaker B: Smash burgers.
[00:02:12] Speaker A: Yes. So your smash burgers were Ash Bollen Love smash burgers. See, did you notice I told everybody that your smash.
[00:02:18] Speaker B: Nobody questioned if my smash burgers were.
[00:02:21] Speaker A: Going to be and tell everybody while we're talking about smash burgers since they're the up and coming thing that everyone wants to make the thing. Okay, tell them the all that you seasoned them with. It was very simple.
[00:02:33] Speaker B: Salt and pepper.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: Yeah, I couldn't get over this.
[00:02:35] Speaker B: That's it. But the trick is do not put salt and pepper when you're making that little hamburger ball. Don't put any seasoning in. Put seasoning when you, you put them on the grill when you smash Them. Boom. Then you put the salt and pepper on, because salt will dry the meat out.
[00:02:50] Speaker A: And that's what shocked me, because I am somebody who's used to mixing in Worcester sauce all of their seasonings into their burger before making the burgers. And you taught me something new. I got to give you tipsy.
[00:03:04] Speaker B: It's just different. It's just a different way of preparation. With the Super Smashburger.
[00:03:08] Speaker A: Yeah. Super simple. Make a little meatball, throw it on a very, very hot griddle.
[00:03:13] Speaker B: Hot griddle.
[00:03:14] Speaker A: And then smash that bugger down, right?
[00:03:17] Speaker B: Yes. And you gotta get even pressure in your smash, like all of your edges and all that. And if you're. There's. I mean, literally millions of videos, just go on YouTube and you can watch anything you want. Everybody knows this, but they take only just literally a couple minutes and they're done.
[00:03:31] Speaker A: But you're right, there's lots of videos, but this has taken you many times, Tigger. That's why I'm bringing this up, to finally get it figured out. Where you're like, this is super easy.
[00:03:39] Speaker B: Well, because of the temperature of the griddle we were struggling with.
Of if you're cooking with, like a pit boss or a Blackstone griddle, something like that, you have to get them out of the wind. And that's something that we struggle with, because where we have them at our place at the cabin, it's very difficult to get out of the wind. So if you're in the wind, you're going to lose all your heat.
[00:04:01] Speaker A: That's the trick.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: Hot, hot griddle.
[00:04:05] Speaker A: And you keep it hot. You don't turn it down, right?
[00:04:07] Speaker B: No, I crank it up all the way.
[00:04:09] Speaker A: And you. Takes you a matter of just a couple of minutes and you're flipping it and it's done, Right.
[00:04:13] Speaker B: If even that. If even that. It's literally like less than a minute and I'm flipping them and you're done. And I mean, as soon as you flip the burger over to do the second side, if you. If somebody wants cheese, like, we use American cheese, because it. It doesn't break apart. It still stays together when it's melted. Put the cheese on right.
[00:04:31] Speaker A: Then there you have it.
[00:04:32] Speaker B: It's just. It's just literally a minute and a half to two minutes.
[00:04:36] Speaker A: If Dad's in charge of cooking for the kids this summer now, just tell him he's got to make smash burgers, and they're done in minutes. And the kids aren't whining or crying. They got their food immediately.
[00:04:46] Speaker B: And you got to that little crust on there, that's the key. You got to have the little crust.
[00:04:49] Speaker A: You're so particular about that crust.
[00:04:51] Speaker B: That's because that's what makes it fantastic tasting. And the yum yum sauce. You like ketchup? I like yum yum sauce.
[00:04:57] Speaker A: Now we're going down a whole nother. We're going to curb it right there.
[00:05:01] Speaker B: Just stop, move on.
[00:05:02] Speaker A: All right, let's head to the news. I do have a story that did cross my wires and I wanted to share with everybody. And it's a heads up to hunters. Here's a reminder to always know the regulations before pulling the trigger, especially when you spot something unusual in the woods. Listen to this. A Missouri deer hunter recently found that out the hard way after illegally shooting a mountain lion that had traveled nearly 800 miles from Nebraska. Wildlife officials say the young male lion was part of a research project tagged as a kitten in 2023. But this past November, it wandered under a tree stand in Iron County, Missouri, right into the path of a gentleman who had been hunting. Excited and acting on impulse, he shot the animal, which was clearly marked with research ear tags. Mountain lions are protected in Missouri. They can only be killed if they're threatening people, pets or livestock. This one wasn't. The individual did call the sheriff's office and admitted to the shooting. However, he ended up having to plead guilty in court and he was found find $2,000, lost his hunting rifle and won't be hunting again for a year.
So I just thought I would share that.
[00:06:19] Speaker B: Even for pleading guilty. He pleaded guilty and they still find him and he $2,000 took his gun away.
[00:06:25] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:06:25] Speaker B: Do you ever get your gun back in that situation? Do you know?
[00:06:29] Speaker A: I don't know.
[00:06:29] Speaker B: I don't know either. If they go and confiscate said firearm, if you get that back a year later when you're hunting privileges are put back in.
[00:06:40] Speaker A: That's a great question. I have no idea if anybody knows that. Yeah.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: Reach out to us and let us know.
[00:06:45] Speaker A: Absolutely. But it is a good, good warning and reminder because I do hear of people every once in a while they get excited. They're going, oh, my gosh, I've never seen one of these come through my area.
Don't remember. Safety first. All right. Know the regulations of your state because this individual even did go and contact wildlife officials and told them what was happening, but he still got his wrist slapped pretty hard. All right, we're going to take a short break, but coming up, we have part two of talking about some dog training. We heard from you out in the field. You had some questions. We're going to answer them. Stay where you are. You're listening to the Ben Show.
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[00:09:04] Speaker A: Welcome back to the Ben Show. I am your host, Rebecca Wanner, AKA Beck, and my co host here, Jeff Tigger Earhart. Quick recap of last week's show. We talked about how a friend of ours was needing a little help with their border collie pup asked us to step in and put a few. How do you say this?
[00:09:23] Speaker B: Be put a handle on.
[00:09:24] Speaker A: Put a handle. That's what you say. Put a handle on her pup. Well, we talked about how important it is to keep her name being very the dog's name being very positive, as well as the importance of understanding what a growl is and how you can use it to control your dog. Be sure to check out our past episodes. You can find them on thebendshow.com on that topic. But now moving forward, we had one of you listeners reach out. Thank you very much. Karen from out in Florida reached out and said, what do you do now to maybe reprimand them, though? If you're saying don't use their name. How else can I get them under control?
[00:10:00] Speaker B: So you're saying the dog was naughty.
[00:10:02] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:10:03] Speaker B: Or being naughty.
[00:10:04] Speaker A: Okay, a little naughty. Maybe pushing the limits a little bit.
[00:10:07] Speaker B: Okay. Okay, got it. Karen, thank you for that question. Super easy fix. Number one is don't number one put the dog in a position where it could screw up in the first place? Because what was the analogy?
[00:10:20] Speaker A: Here's an analogy I have for you. Right. It would be looking at your kids. Okay. If you have a two or three year old and they've learned the word, you know, no, no. And you've said no snacks, no treats before lunch, don't go and put a candy dish within reach of them.
[00:10:35] Speaker B: The temptation. Yes, don't. I'm going to use the cattle situation, a herding situation. If you've got a young dog and you don't have control of them, don't expect them to go out and they're going to herd 10,000 head of cattle on 50,000 acres. I mean, don't put them in that position.
So you're saying that Karen said, well, the dog is getting into trouble.
How do I go about reprimanding the dog without using the name in aggression? Is that kind of what the question was?
[00:11:05] Speaker A: Yes. Because last week you talked about how you always want to keep their name as a positive.
[00:11:10] Speaker B: As praise.
[00:11:11] Speaker A: As praise.
[00:11:11] Speaker B: Never reprimanding.
[00:11:13] Speaker A: Yes. So how on the flip side, now they're in trouble and you want to yell their name at them and say, don't do that. What do you do?
[00:11:19] Speaker B: The simplest thing. That's the growl.
Absolutely. As soon as they're doing something they shouldn't and the growl again is.
That's all it is.
[00:11:29] Speaker A: That doesn't even sound like a growl to me.
[00:11:30] Speaker B: It isn't. It's so soft. In fact, this dog that we have, this is interesting because we had this dog for a couple weeks. I had to be extremely soft where I started with her with a.
With a legitimate growl. And that was way too much. She's very soft hearted, very soft hearted. That was way too much. So I had to go even softer and go.
I mean, just so simple, like a. It's like a gurgle, deep breath, gurgle. That's all it is. And they can hear that.
[00:12:00] Speaker A: Just remind everybody why you choose to use the growl so much versus coming up with a different word.
[00:12:07] Speaker B: Because that's what A does with her litter.
[00:12:11] Speaker A: The female dog.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: Female dog. When she has little pups and they misbehave and they're doing Something she growls at them. So all what I'm doing is imprinting myself onto that pup in about a year old now is the dog. So everybody knows the age on it. All I'm doing is just re imprinting on that dog. That's all what I'm doing. That dog understands immediately what the growl is.
[00:12:34] Speaker A: And what I found fascinating is that of course, at a year old, it's been weaned for a long, long time from its mother. That this little pup, she immediately. You use the growl one time, she recognized that and associated with her mother that she hadn't seen.
[00:12:50] Speaker B: Exactly right.
[00:12:51] Speaker A: Wow. Probably, you know, 10, 11 months.
[00:12:53] Speaker B: Exactly right. I mean, she didn't exactly know what the growl meant. She just knew that, oh, I heard something that she associated with some imprint that was on her, like you said, 11 months prior or something like that. So it's super easy if, number one, don't put your dog in a situation more than what they can control. Number two, if they're doing something, don't yell back, get back there, back, back. I mean, you can't, you can't do that. Because the more I yell it back like that, eventually when I want her to come to me, she's not gonna.
[00:13:24] Speaker A: How's that work for you now?
[00:13:25] Speaker B: Exactly right. Well, the growl doesn't work either. But in this situation with the dog, just that, ah, that's all you gotta do. And the dog just stops and they stop and they turn and they look at you because they know they're doing something they shouldn't, but they don't go run away or anything like that. They turn and they look at you of what am I supposed to do now? Then you call them back to you and you praise them no matter what they do, because that's the reward, is the praise. Good girl, good dog. And you pet them.
[00:13:56] Speaker A: So here's my other question though. What happens if they're a little bit further away?
How do you get their attention? Because, I mean, you can only growl so loud.
[00:14:04] Speaker B: Okay, great question. Because that's the steps that we take with our dogs. If you can't.
In a small dog pen, let's say this thing is 20ft by 20ft. If you can't get your dog's attention, get them to stop and to call your dog back to you. In a small pen that's 20 by 20ft, do you think you're going to be able to call your dog in a big pasture of 40 acres, 160 acres, there's no possible way you're going to be able to do that. So you have to take it in steps. Now those dogs have great, great, great hearing. And when you're talking, okay, you're trying to give a command to a dog way, way, way out there, that is a dog that you have a tremendous handle on, that you trust them of what they're going to do, they trust you. That's a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of work that's gotten to that point.
[00:14:57] Speaker A: Okay, so what I have noticed and picked up following you around Tigger, as you've been working with border collies over the years, is that as you mentioned, once you have a handle. That is true. Because what I've figured out, and our dog now behaves as well with me too, she's realized I'm Alpha too, is that once I've used a growl on her once to start even the day kind of, and she's going with me, she always keeps me in check. Like even if she goes out, say 30 yards from me, if you let her do that, if I allow her to do that, she's always looking back and checking like, is it okay? And there's okay.
[00:15:29] Speaker B: And that's kind of a balance where a lot of people, when it comes to working with dogs, if they're hunting dogs or herding dogs or dogs that are doing tricks, is you want to have what we say handle on them, but yet it's that fine balance that you want them to be able to make some decisions themselves where they aren't questioning what they're doing. That's confidence. And it's different for every dog. Like our personal dog, her name is Naked. We can't, I know we can push that dog a little harder because that's just how she is. She's kind of hard headed and you know you can get after her a little harder. In other words, you're putting more pressure on that dog. But the dog Bell, our friend's dog, not the situation. So that balance point of letting them do their own thing and learn it in confidence while still respecting you as the alpha or the trainer, it's different for every single dog. The tree, the. Excuse me. The trick to working with dogs isn't training the dog, it's training you.
[00:16:32] Speaker A: Well said.
Well said.
And I love how you, you've explained. Explain deeply how important these basic manners or basic, what would you call this?
[00:16:42] Speaker B: Just behavior.
[00:16:43] Speaker A: Behavior.
I know in horses, I'm more familiar with horses. We call it doing the groundwork, making sure you.
Same with the dogs, making sure you stop or start Very elementary, like very, very simple.
[00:16:56] Speaker B: You have to make the correct answer extremely easy. The incorrect answer you want to make very difficult, not impossible, but difficult. For example, and we'll kind of end on this one because I know this is a lot to take in. I don't like dogs that you open the door to anything and bam, and they're running in the house or bam, they're running in the shop or bam, they're running here. In my opinion, I don't want a dog that's going to do that because let's say that you got to go somewhere and load your dog in the backseat of the truck and you just cleaned it, but that dog was just running in the mud and it's completely muddy. And do you want to open up the door to the backseat of your vehicle or your parents or something or your house and that dog, I call it shooting the gate. And they do that. You know, that's the other thing that we worked on, that dog is a little bit of patience and respect where no, you don't get to come in until you are invited. And that's, it's just that kids are the same way, right? I mean, you don't get to run in until they take their shoes off if they're muddy. It's that same situation.
The dog is not allowed in until she is invited. And when she's invited in. Now you're part of the family.
[00:18:06] Speaker A: I love this. I love this. Well, next week we're going to have another discussion further. You dive in more into the hunting dog.
[00:18:13] Speaker B: This is going down the hunting dog thing because I don't know a lot about hunting dogs and I've been wanting to get one. So yeah, I dove into this.
[00:18:20] Speaker A: We've got a good friend that's going to join us on this, on the show to talk about that. So stay tuned. And if you have any questions that you want to throw at us, additionally to address when we're talking about these dogs, make sure you call or text us at 305-900-2363 or you can always email bendradioshowmail.com we're gonna take a short break. Stay where you are. You're listening to the Ben Show.
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[00:20:26] Speaker A: Welcome back to the Ben show, your outlet for outdoors and Western lifestyle. I am your host Rebecca Wanner, AKA Beck and Ryan Long. Always my co host Jeff Tigger Earhart how's the weather been so far this summer? Or I should say, I always say summer kicks off after Memorial Day. But have you had some crazy skies? Because let me tell you, we have.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: It's been really bad. Oh, this has been one of the nastiest I've seen in a long time.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: And when we're talking about nasty weather, we're talking about not just high winds. That's kind of a normal for us, but we're talking tornadoes.
Weather aware has never been more important where we're at. And get this, it isn't just where we're located. Preliminary reports and data are showing at the end of June 202225 to have a higher tornado count than 2024. At the same time last year, as of the end of June, There were approximately 1296 preliminary tornado reports nationwide, which is 338 more tornadoes than the historical average of 958. This puts 2025 ahead of every tornado season in the past decade, even ahead of last year, 2024, which ranked the second in the last 20 years for tornado action. So if you feel like you're getting you're having alarms going off more than usual. Yeah, that's right.
[00:21:46] Speaker B: It isn't this spring and early summer that in places which normally don't have tornadoes, there was tornadic activity.
[00:21:55] Speaker A: Correct.
[00:21:56] Speaker B: In a lot of places.
[00:21:56] Speaker A: Listen to this. States with notable differences are Iowa. They went from 100 reported in June of 2024. So they're used to having a lot of tornado action to only having 16 reports this last June. That's a dramatic decrease. However, on the flip side, you had north to North Dakota, they saw a large rise. It went from only two tornadoes in June of last year to 34 tornadoes reported in the month of June 2025. So if you've been out camping and you've been hearing these sirens or getting warnings on your flight phone, please, this is a time to be weather aware. And this came across at us over the weekend, actually. Our sister in law, she was camping and she got a hold of us. We had tornado warnings and tornado watches going off and she was, you know, she checked in and she was like, beck, where do you think we should head if we need to? Because my brother wasn't with her. She was camping with the kids by herself. And I had said, wait a second, nobody a host, you didn't ask anybody where the tornado shelter was? And she said, no, I didn't think to do that. And I said, all right, I know the bat, the bath house at that campground, I know it's made out of cinder blocks. That's where you head with the kids. Go there now. Don't think twice. Okay.
[00:23:16] Speaker B: Isn't that important though, when you go to a campsite of just knowing like what some of the muster areas are?
[00:23:22] Speaker A: Absolutely. That's why I want to remind everybody, because too often, and we're guilty of this too, you go and you check into the campsite, you're all excited. You want to go check it out and see where it is because it looks different in person than it did on the map when you booked it months ago. But make sure that's like one of the most important questions you should ask is do you have a storm shelter? Do you have a tornado shelter? Where should or where do they suggest that you head to in the event that there would be bad weather come in? Now, just so you know, it is not, how do I always say, it's not regulated. There are not laws requiring people to have storm shelters, so there may not be one. That's why you need to ask so that you can make a backup plan. Now maybe some communities out there, they may have some laws and There are storm shelters, but just be aware there isn't always going to be one at a campground. That's why you need to know what's your backup plan?
[00:24:19] Speaker B: Didn't that happen last summer with some friends of ours when that storm went through and knocked over a number of campers and their campsite was actually, what, just a mile or two from town and the muster area was the old high school, was that right?
[00:24:36] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:24:36] Speaker B: Is that where it was? Because I thought Joel and everybody, they went and everybody was taking off and hightailing it for that, that school because the winds were so high it was knocking campers over.
[00:24:47] Speaker A: Well, that's the other thing. So I pulled up on KOAS website and get this. If a tornado touches down, you know, a lot of us wonder about what can our RV with stand or a tent withstand, right? How high of winds can we, can we live through essentially? Well, listen closely. You'll understand why a plan is a must. Tens at most, they can only endure up to 30 mile per hour winds. That's really not that high. 30 mile per hour winds and you're probably going to be saying adios to your tent. Okay, RVs, they can hold up to about 75 miles per hour. So like where we live, it's not uncommon for us to get gusts of 60 mile per hour plus winds. That's why I'm bringing this up. With as much tornado activity as there has been this summer already, you really need to kind of double check how are you tying down securing your RV in case this happens. I just want you to stay weather aware and stay safe. And that's all for this week, folks. We're going to call this show wrapped. Remember to keep sending in your questions, concerns, ideas or stories you just want to share with us. You can reach out to us anytime. Call or text 305-900-2363 again, 305900-2363 or you can always email benradioshowmail.com and if you missed part of this show or want to catch past episodes, you can hear them all on our website thebendshow.com and be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcasting app and to the Ben Show YouTube channel. Finally, a big thanks to all of you that came along and whether you're coming or going today, stay with us as we ranch it up. And remember to keep up with me back all week long by following the Bend on Facebook and on Instagram at the Bend show. This is Rebecca Warner. Catch back if you can next week on the bend, Sam.
