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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: newbie76 on March 29, 2013, 03:35:19 PM

Title: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: newbie76 on March 29, 2013, 03:35:19 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F03%2F30%2Fqutysybu.jpg&hash=4ad8c75abdd162ba4af15ad843a44fb8599541d1)

Our Rosie if off at training! We miss her but will be able to visit soon!

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Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: BIGINNER on March 29, 2013, 03:41:00 PM: who is doing the training?
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: AspenBud on March 29, 2013, 03:47:01 PM: Quote from: BIGINNER on March 29, 2013, 03:41:00 PM
who is doing the training?

:yeah:

And what's the breeding on your dog?
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: newbie76 on March 29, 2013, 03:54:05 PM: Adventure Gun Dogs! Got a referral from here and he is great! She is a GSP.

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Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: AspenBud on March 29, 2013, 04:33:09 PM: I was asking about the pedigree. ;)
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: newbie76 on March 29, 2013, 04:42:48 PM: Oh! Honestly not sure. She is registerable with rhe akc but i havent sent in the paperwork yet. We bought her last year. She was just 8 weeks old and so tiny!

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Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: jetjockey on March 30, 2013, 02:43:49 PM: Congrats. Great looking pup you have. Looks like she's gonna be a nice bird dog for you.

I'll never get over what guys in the PNW can charge for pointing dog training though.
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 31, 2013, 03:23:57 PM: What does transporting the dog east cost if you're training for two or three months?
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: jetjockey on March 31, 2013, 03:57:16 PM: About $275 for the airlines and up to $425 for Gun Dog Express. The airlines are cheaper but there are temperature restrictions. Gun Dog Express is supposed to be great but their schedules aren't on demand. I'll probably use them this summer to get my dog from Atlanta to Winner SD for camp. Door to door for $325. "Most" trainers out here and in the Midwest are $350-$600 a month, and many don't charge for birds either. Unfortunately my trainer moved his home base to NE for the abundance of wild birds and the amount of land he can train on. But that means shipping my dog at least twice a year for training and trials. It's still worth it though.
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: AspenBud on March 31, 2013, 05:25:33 PM: Quote from: jetjockey on March 30, 2013, 02:43:49 PM
I'll never get over what guys in the PNW can charge for pointing dog training though.

I'm not surprised by it. Look at the price of houses and land out here relative to other parts of the country (ie-the mid west) and consider how many people are willing to get into debt over their eyeballs for 1200 square feet on a postage stamp.
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: lokidog on March 31, 2013, 08:59:24 PM: Retriever training is no trip to the dollar store either, but a well trained dog is, shall we say, priceless. We were going to send our girl to NW Performance this week, but she came into heat so we are waiting a bit.
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: newbie76 on April 01, 2013, 07:19:12 AM: We prepaid in advance and it was 1400 for the 2 months. It is here in Finley area in tricities. We can visit her after a few weeks so it hopefully wont be too bad.

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Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: BIGINNER on April 01, 2013, 07:32:12 AM: Quote from: newbie76 on March 29, 2013, 03:54:05 PM
Adventure Gun Dogs! Got a referral from here and he is great! She is a GSP.

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the owner is a friend of mine. great guy. does a wonderful job with the dogs. I used to own a gsp from him and currently own a weimarnaner that I got from him as well.
Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: newbie76 on April 01, 2013, 09:25:19 AM: I think you may have hooked me up with him. Have been very pleased with all our contacts with him and the videos we have seen of his work with rosie. Would have paid more. Found it very reasonable

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Title: Re: Training for Bird Dogs!
Post by: BIGINNER on April 01, 2013, 09:26:34 AM: Quote from: newbie76 on April 01, 2013, 09:25:19 AM
I think you may have hooked me up with him. Have been very pleased with all our contacts with him and the videos we have seen of his work with rosie. Would have paid more. Found it very reasonable

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oh,... I kinda recall that now. lol