re: Obedience/gun dog trainer recs

Do you already own the pup? What kind of dog? What are you expecting out of it? What’s your time and $ budget.

The best in the game will be at the Spring Grand in Natchez hosted by Baton Rouge’s Amite River Club. Go and talk to folks and you will find your trainer. Then you will need to convince them to take your pup.

Also to note, most of the dogs at the grand have had $10k plus invested in training.

You can get a started level dog with ~6 mos, HR level with 9 months, and finished level with 12+ months of training. You will need yearly tune ups or you better plan to spend a lot of time keeping that training up. Hunting alone won’t cut it for Hunt Test level dogs. Just depends on what you’re after.

Cost is 600-1000 month, depending on who is touching the dog.

Chuck McCall probably has the most dogs running in the grand from this area. The clients he has that are serious get their pups from his recommendation and agree to his program when they sign up. To get the best, you almost have to sign a life long contract with both breeder and trainer.