Anyone have experience with Cory Baudoin training retrievers?

Eric Chauvin out of Lake Charles is also very highly regarded.

Bump for the late crew. Cory's kennel name is old cypress kennels I believe. He's in Kaplan. I spoke with Buyah earlier, he was working a dog so couldn't talk a lot, but obviously takes pride in his work. He's quite a bit more expensive.

Boo yah did good work for two guys I know. In summer, he takes them up to Michigan for a few months to train without so much heat.

I’d also look at Chuck McCall.

Don't know Cory, so no opinion.

Would second Bu Yah and also recommend looking at Southern Tide Kennels near Slidell.

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He's quite a bit more expensive.

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you usually get what you pay for... not to say there aren't great trainers for cheap, or crap trainers that cost a lot.

Didn't realize JD was $750 now. Must be really busy. Also, 'competitive pricing' is relative

You can definitely save if its a strict duck dog and you have no hunt test/FT aspirations. Just find the right guy. Horror stories are a dime a dozen in the retriever world. I personally feel an established HT/FT trainer is more likely to have a solid obedience/training program and experience working with all kinds of dog personalities. Also travelling north to train is huge in terms of progression if you're sending your dog June-September.

Go visit kennels, watch dogs work, their attitude, and find recommendations.

JD trained my dog as well

JD requires the 6 month heart worm preventative. Cory is $500 which includes ducks, feeding, and intestinal worming, but also requires you to handle heart worming.

There's just so many trainers out there these days. The chocolate lab my buddy got is out of a dog trainer from Houma Rodrique K9's and he's another trainer I've heard good things about.

I'm just going to meet with them in person and try and go from there.

DD was a sadistic trainer that ruined more dogs than he ever actually trained. If a trainer has to pimp at sportsman shows his craft is lacking. Use someone who goes north for the summer if they are full time and carry over 10 dogs. Run from any who stay south with 10 or more. Visit training session on Multiple occasions paying particular attention to the water they have to train on. There is very little water along I-10 from laffy to Beaumont to train on without teeth. Hard to build a dog without Qualtiy water to train on.
My list; Mark Smith (southlake kennels), Ed Thibodeaux(satin belle), chuck McCall(chumac Kennel’s), Ricky Elston(southern tide) & me if I was still training.
Don’t know Babb but from what I have seen on finishes, he would be on the list also. They’re plenty of charlatan dog trainers out there waiting to seperate the sheep from their wool, choose wisely.

Awesome info and thanks for the post. Any chance I could pursuade you back into the training world?

Great point about going North to train and gators being around down here in the South. I'll look into some of the other names you mentioned. I'll be meeting JD next week after the overwhelming amount of recommendations.