re: Lab Puppy or Started Dog

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It's going to be hard to find a quality started dog for much less than $4k through an established trainer. Here is one way to look at it. Puppy cost- $500-$1000+ 6 months training- $400/m- $650/m

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Great points. I almost went the started route last year but coughing up 4K at one time is a big chunk of cash even if you do that math to make it apples and apples. I ended up buying a puppy with a good pedigree and made the decision to train myself. My problem and the main reason I wanted to go started in the first place was time, or lack of. I almost forgot the grind of training a puppy since my last puppy project was 12 years ago but this dog learns quick and I think will be a pretty good dog once I get her finished. In fact, I will probably jump back into the Hunt Test game after the season is over and work on getting her titled.