Looking for dog trainer for bird and gun intro

[huntnfmly]

Hello all
  Looking for a trainer to intro my French Brittany to birds and guns
We are heading to Yellowstone at the end of August and have to board him while gone so figured if I could find a trainer that does week long bird and gun intro like Brandon at evergreen said he did would be perfect  if he does good with that we’re planning on a pheasant hunt in South Dakota early fall
I’ve been trying to get ahold of Brandon at evergreen Gundogs he says he does that type of stuff but no reply’s I seen RJ Quicksilver at the sportsman show today but he was busy and I didn’t get a chance to talk to him to see if he does that.

  Any info would be great he will be 2 1/2 end of August

[mburrows]

Rocking M labs out in eatonville. They primarily work with labs but they have a good boarding program and know what they’re doing when it comes to training.

[Caveman123]

I’m in ellensburg which may be on your way, I took my pup to gung-ho dog training for a couple sessions for gun training. Long hollow bird dogs is also here and I’ve seen many good things about them.

[huntnfmly]

Rocking M labs out in eatonville. They primarily work with labs but they have a good boarding program and know what they’re doing when it comes to training.

Thank you sent them an email for info

I’m in ellensburg which may be on your way, I took my pup to gung-ho dog training for a couple sessions for gun training. Long hollow bird dogs is also here and I’ve seen many good things about them.

Thank you I’ll look into these

[Old Dog]

If you are just looking for bird and gun introduction I can help you with that, just pay for the birds and ammo.    For boarding I would second Rockin' M Retrievers.  Bryant does some retriever training, but he doesn't do upland. 

[huntnfmly]

If you are just looking for bird and gun introduction I can help you with that, just pay for the birds and ammo.    For boarding I would second Rockin' M Retrievers.  Bryant does some retriever training, but he doesn't do upland. 

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[follow maggie]

I had great results with Doug @ Cooke Canyon in Ellensburg

[huntnfmly]

I had great results with Doug @ Cooke Canyon in Ellensburg

I’ll give him a call

[RobinHoodlum]

I had the same issue with Brandon as you describe. My understanding is that he was or is super involved with NAVHDA, but doesn't seem to be responsive for whatever reason.

I'm not an expert trainer, but went through the same process your considering. I ended up training my own dog and have been mostly pleased with the result. I have some thoughts and input regarding the service you're considering. PM if interested

[pbg]

Since you have a pointer don't mess around with just any dog trainer, take it over to Dunfur kennels in Cheney and have Dan Hoke train your dog he's one of the best in the country 509 299 5181 www.dunfur.com you wont be disapointed

[huntnfmly]

Since you have a pointer don't mess around with just any dog trainer, take it over to Dunfur kennels in Cheney and have Dan Hoke train your dog he's one of the best in the country 509 299 5181 www.dunfur.com you wont be disapointed

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[Pnwrider]

I’m guessing you’re on the westside? We use Bryant at rocking m to kennel our lab when we go on vacation. I can’t comment on training as I’ve never paid the extra for that. Whoever you decide to use, hopefully they discuss expectations because a week on a 2.5 yr old dog is likely not gonna make a huge difference. I kenneled my lab with a trainer for over 3 months and she still needed a lot of additional work.

[huntnfmly]

I’m guessing you’re on the westside? We use Bryant at rocking m to kennel our lab when we go on vacation. I can’t comment on training as I’ve never paid the extra for that. Whoever you decide to use, hopefully they discuss expectations because a week on a 2.5 yr old dog is likely not gonna make a huge difference. I kenneled my lab with a trainer for over 3 months and she still needed a lot of additional work.

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I put in the wrong word of training all that I meant was bird and gun intro
So far I’ve done all the training and this is the part I’m at now and I agree 1 week really would not make a difference
But 1 week of bird intro would as it’s not really a 1 and done type thing as you all know
He’s 22 months
Thank you all for the input I could talk about training bird dogs all day I really enjoy the input and the actual training

[asmith]

Since you have a pointer don't mess around with just any dog trainer, take it over to Dunfur kennels in Cheney and have Dan Hoke train your dog he's one of the best in the country 509 299 5181 www.dunfur.com you wont be disapointed

I second Dunfur kennels.  Dan is top notch in training pointers.  Took my GSP to him.  He not only trains the dog, but will train the owner as well.

[huntnfmly]

Since you have a pointer don't mess around with just any dog trainer, take it over to Dunfur kennels in Cheney and have Dan Hoke train your dog he's one of the best in the country 509 299 5181 www.dunfur.com you wont be disapointed

I second Dunfur kennels.  Dan is top notch in training pointers.  Took my GSP to him.  He not only trains the dog, but will train the owner as well.

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