Best Dog Trainer in Washington.

[ttown]

I know this has been a topic of the past but I thought I would ask if anyone has experience with the following Dog Trainers:

Rocking M Retrievers in Spanaway

Northwest Performance Dogs in Monroe

Or who else do you recommend?

I have been reading this book..

Thanks

[Goldeneye]

Don't know about the trainers you mentinoned.  Wolters books are a very good tool for doing the training yourself.  For my labs I have based my training off of Wolters "Waterdog" book.

http://www.amazon.com/Water-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525247343

[gasman]

Personally I am partial with Rocking M Retreivers.     

I know them personally and have got more involved with volunteering in helping with teh Field Trails. Its a blast 

[ttown]

Yes its for Lola .. she is young and I want to get her started up right! 

[Happy Gilmore]

What do you want from her? what are your expectations? That is the first best place to start. If you want a hunting dog, take her to a trainer who hunts ducks and geese wild a few days a week while training dogs. If you want a FT dog, take her to a competition trainer with a great record. If you want a hunt test dog, look up the guys who have history of training dogs to the Master National level.

All are very different and demand different trainers who specialize in their craft.

Lastly, visit all the people you narrow down and be sure to watch them train dogs that they have in their kennel. Ask to attend a training day. Choose a trainer who best fits your personality and goals for your dog.

All of the above mentioned are very good trainers and will give you good results depending upon your goals some might be a better fit than others....location and convenience are also important so you can spend time with them learning how to work your trained dog properly.

my two pennies added....

[whitey]

Doug and Scott at Cooke Canyon.. 
Cant say enough good about these guys.
Either duck or Upland they will do them both.
The upland school is 2 months. very good.
The duck is a month at a time.
Check them out.

[Waldo84]

Pat at performance dogs is great. Go take Lola out to see him. He'll throw a pidgeon out for her and tell you some good things to work on. He can also tell you what the best course of action is. My friend has taken 3 dogs to him and they are all bird hunting machines. I took my lab out there a couple of times and he just charged me for the birds he put out and wrote down some things to work on. Overall a great guy. He is not the cheapest, but his monthly prices include all of the birds needed. Most of the trainers give you a low monthly cost, but it doesn't include birds. Tell him Casey sent you.

[wildweeds]

Best dog trainer for pointing dogs in washington hands down..............R.J. Marquart @ Quicksilver kennels in Moses Lake,he trains em all no matter the breed, Vislas,weimeraners,gsps,gwps,brits,setters of all varietys white,red,black,pointers,and even pointing labs.Changes his training to fit each dog not................conform the dog to his training style.

[Special T]

Ryan At Long Hollow Retriever (Ellensburg) trained my chessy Chief. He mostly works with retrievers. The thing i like most about his program, is ANY Saturday training session i can attend even now. All it costs is my time and fuel. I get to put my dog on some birds, get some tips, help with some shooting.

[Copperwood]

Long Hollow 100%, you will not be disappointed.

[vandeman17]

I'm just gonna assume you mean for that little black pup on your avitar.

http://www.conwaykennels.com/

They trained my lab and she's a rockstar.  Best dog I've ever owned.

  This is my uncle's kennel and they do a great job!

[Happy Gilmore]

I'm just gonna assume you mean for that little black pup on your avitar.

http://www.conwaykennels.com/

They trained my lab and she's a rockstar.  Best dog I've ever owned.

  This is my uncle's kennel and they do a great job!

Tell your Uncle Happy Gilmore said he's a punk! 

[vandeman17]

I'm just gonna assume you mean for that little black pup on your avitar.

http://www.conwaykennels.com/

They trained my lab and she's a rockstar.  Best dog I've ever owned.

  This is my uncle's kennel and they do a great job!

Tell your Uncle Happy Gilmore said he's a punk! 

My uncle or Bucko? 

[st8uppointers]

me !

[NW-GSP]

I'm going to have to look into conway kennels, I have a gsp that is a awesome hunter but He will not retrieve birds. He's awesome.at retrieving everything but birds so I want to get him force fetch trained