ALL BREED · BOTH LOCATIONS

Training & Boarding

Professional retriever training since 1989. Evaluations always FREE.

CA — Melissa: 530-565-8640  or  Shaun: 530-978-9726 | MT — Sara: 406-660-7295

BOARDING

All Breed Boarding


A fenced outdoor area with a dirt ground, two small buildings with metal roofs, and some horses in the background, set against a hilly landscape.
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All Breed Boarding is available at both our California and Montana locations. Your dog will receive daily recess, socialization, and lots of love. Price includes food.

BOARDING PLUS+ For dogs that need more exercise, field time, or an after-training tune-up, we can put them into our day-to-day training schedules for $35/day. Highly recommended — a great option for many returning clients.

CALIFORNIA

$20/day

Sutter, CA Kennel

Food, recess & socialization included.

Montana

$20/day

Twin Bridges, MT Kennel

Food, recess & socialization included.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Professional Training

We have been training retrievers professionally, full time for over 35 years. We will do our best to help your dog reach their full potential. Evaluations are always FREE at both locations. After your dog goes home from training, there is never a charge for one-on-one follow-up visits.


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Puppy Introduction

$975 / month — Includes boarding, food & birds

Can start between 4 to 6 months of age and lasts 2 to 4 weeks. This is the perfect age to introduce your puppy to water, birds, guns, different field situations, ropes and control with very limited pressure, kennels, crates and other dogs.

Puppy Introduction sets the foundation your pup will need to be a good citizen and a successful student in the Gundog and Advanced programs. We concentrate on the "Big Three": desire to please, desire to retrieve, and getting your pup ready to take pressure in formal training.

Highly recommended for all young dogs. Available at both CA and MT locations.


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All Breed Obedience Training

$975 / month — Includes boarding, food & boarding

Our obedience course for most breeds takes about 6–8 weeks. Your dog can start as early as six months of age or older.

Your dog will learn to sit, heel (walk at side without pulling), here (come when called), and kennel (go into kennel, crate, vehicle, or boat). Also covers confidence, dealing with distractions, manners, and not jumping on people.

There is truly peace of mind when your dog is obedient. After going home, there is never a charge for one-on-one follow-up visits. Available at both CA and MT locations.


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Obedience with Retrieving

$975 / month — Includes boarding, food & birds

This program lasts about 3 months and is a customer favorite. It covers everything the all breed obedience course covers but also sets a foundation for proper retrieving — perfect for the casual hunter or retriever pet owner.

Also a great option for the upland bird hunter. It is essentially the gun dog course without force training and works great for pointers too.

Available at both CA and MT locations.

Gun Dog Training

$975 / month — Includes boarding, food & birds

Can start as early as 6–8 months and takes approximately 4 months. During this phase, commands are taught, reinforced, and put together to make an obedient family companion and gun dog!

Every dog trains differently and at different paces. We are very sensitive to your dog's personality. We seldom use an electronic collar until the dog thoroughly understands the commands.

After going home, there is never a charge for one-on-one follow-up visits. Available at both CA and MT locations.

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Advanced Training & Tune-Ups

$975 / month — Includes boarding, food & birds

If you need hand signals and whistle response — for hunting or Hunt Test competitions — Dustin Retrievers will tailor a program for you and your dog.

Advanced Training can start a few months after the Gun Dog course (or after gun dog training plus a hunting season). Foundation hand signal and whistle response is taught in about 3 months — enabling you to guide your dog to a bird it didn't see fall using whistles and hand signals.

A must for serious duck hunters and Hunt Test competitors. Dustin Retrievers has the experience to take you to the next level. Available at both CA and MT locations.

Ready to Enroll Your Dog?

Evaluations are FREE. Call or text today to get started — CA or MT.