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Thanks for the updates guys. I just looked at Longhollow in E-Burg (forgot I had looked into him when my brother was looking for a trainer). WOW! I don't care how good he is, he ain't worth $900 for 4 weeks. If you look at his costs, from start to finish would be over $5000 for a totally broke dog. Thats absolutely rediculous for pointing dog training. Just for comparison, I have my dog with a Pro Field Trial Brittany trainer for 6 months of the year to run the circuit. She also goes to S.D every summer to be trained on wild pheasants, sharptail, and chickens.. I originally sent her off just to get trained, but she ended up as a field trial dog as well as my hunting buddy. She came back after her first summer at camp totally broke and winning trials, plus, she had tons of wild bird experience that you just cant get in WA state. Total cost $1400 for a totally finished dog! I haven't even spent $5000 on everything (training, trial entry fees, and handling fees) and my pup has been with the trainer on and off for a total of one year, ran almost 15 trials, and is now a Field Champion.... Hopefully we will find someone a little more reasonable, otherwise my dads making a trip to SD in July to drop his pup off with my trainer.