Training

Custom-Built Training

Elite Bird Dog Training Packages

At Elite Bird Dogs, we are dedicated to providing top-notch training for your canine companions. Our base training package is priced at $1,200 per month, which covers comprehensive daily bird work. To reserve your spot, a $200 down payment is required. The monthly fee does not include the birds harvested or dog food.

In addition to our base training, we offer add-on services to tailor the training to your dog's needs:

  • Retrieving Work: An additional $200 per month.

  • General Obedience: An additional $100 per month.

We ask that local Idaho clients come to visit us regularly to work directly with us and their dog for 1 on 1 sessions. This will allow us to go over both obedience work as well as field and hunting-based training, and teach the methods of Elite Bird Dogs. We want to make the transition home easy as possible with your newly refined bird dog. Our programs also include weekly pictures and videos, keeping our clients up to date with both the progression and hiccups their dog is experiencing.

For more information/booking dates please call Nate Nelson: 208-569-9667

4-5 week

4-5-Week Training: With such a short term program we’re really only able to hone in on one specific thing for the dog. We will work directly with the owner on what needs to be focused on. We’re able to work on other specific skills like (whoa, honoring, general obedience…)

2 Months

8-Week Training: With a shorter term program we try to work directly with the owner and narrow down what truly needs time and attention. In most cases we narrow down the training to focus on 2-3 direct traits... (whoa, honoring, retrieving, general obedience…)

3 Months

12-Week Training: Keeping the dogs for this length of time we cannot only achieve the most broad spectrum of training steps but also achieve more retention and produce a “Finished Dog”.

General Obedience Training (1 Month)

General Obedience Training($850): Our general obedience program is simple, to the point, and very effective. It covers commands such as sit, woah, kennel, heel, walking heel, and stop to heel. We also are more than willing to work on any other special commands/training upon your request.

For more information/booking dates please call Nate Nelson: 208-569-9667

Started-Dog Program (3 Months)

Started-Dog Program ($3.600)

This is our introductory training program, and your dog must be at least 5 months old to participate in this program. It includes whoa, recall, gun intro, steady to flush, and natural retrieve. We will introduce whoa, and at the end of this program, your dog will not be whoa broke. However, it will have a great understanding that whoa means stop. We will have it collar-conditioned to recall. Your pup will also have a great gun intro and will be steady to flush. A unique part of this program is we simulate a “hunting trip” every other week. Your dog will go on an hour-and-a-half drive to where it will be trained in the evening, spend the night in its crate, and then be trained in the morning. This allows your dog to develop confidence in new scenarios, so when you take your pup on that hunting trip it'll be more elite than ever. The monthly fee does not include the birds harvested.

For more information/booking dates please call Nate Nelson: 208-569-9667