Hey guys, never posted outside the marketplace before but been a member for quite a few years so please excuse if this has been discussed recently. Bit of a quick backstory, I have an interesting job that requires me to be out of town a good bit but I'm home most weekends. Toying with the idea of getting another lab after the old girl died shortly after the flood. She was 13 and had never retrieved a duck, and spent most of said life in the air conditioning. That being said, she was very well trained by myself in basic retrieval, just never tried to hunt with her and never had time to duck hunt until recently. Now that I'm older and find myself with more free time I think it's time to get a dog to hunt with.
Basically, as someone who has never owned a duck dog, my questions are far too numerous so I will stick with these three basic questions. Question 1: what is the average cost of a trainer?
Question 2: any suggestions on a good trainer in the BR area?
And Question 3: any good books or advice out there besides Water Dogs the book, that I should look into?
As i said before please forgive my ignorance with the non marketplace forums. I appreciate the help and you guys have a good one.
Basically, as someone who has never owned a duck dog, my questions are far too numerous so I will stick with these three basic questions. Question 1: what is the average cost of a trainer?
Question 2: any suggestions on a good trainer in the BR area?
And Question 3: any good books or advice out there besides Water Dogs the book, that I should look into?
As i said before please forgive my ignorance with the non marketplace forums. I appreciate the help and you guys have a good one.