Looking to purchase a pup or dog with training?
Northwoods Training Kennel LLC offers different levels of started dogs and also offers puppies with training packages. We never know when we will have dogs to offer for sale but you can purchase a puppy from one of our litters and a training package to go with!
Pricing
(Unless we see huge supply chain increases these prices are set for 2023-2024.)
Started Puppy: $4,000.00
Advanced Puppy: $5500.00
Intermediate: $ 7000.00
Finished: $8,500.00
Things to know before pursuing a started to seasoned dog from NTK:
We crate train and big advocates for crate training. We do not house break dogs. This is the easiest thing to do for clients with some effort. I don't have the house space or time to acclimate/house break dogs when I spend all day working dogs in the kennel or outdoors.
Training never stops.... ever. No matter if you bring home a puppy or a seasoned dogs, they are not cars to park in garages with push buttons to start and run when you are ready. They need daily interaction, tune up training, and consistency.
Dogs chew, shed hair, bark, act well behaved when expected to and misbehave when you let your guard down. They take advantages of situations just like children. They are animals.
Started to seasoned dogs need time to adjust. This can take 2 weeks to 2 months and even longer for some dogs depending on their temperament and your leadership. Dogs need time to learn their new leader, new family, and other "pack" members.
Our job here at NTK is to train you a working dog to perform tasks to a desired level. We are not magicians, modern day pet gurus, or follow the latest trends that society pushes. Dogs are dogs. Don't buy a dog to have if you can't maintain the dog properly and put effort in. We live in an instant oatmeal society, a dog doesn't and never has.
I don't bend my training to fit when season starts.
If the dog isn't ready to leave by the age milestone it will not leave. I do not charge extra if the dog needs a little extra time to get it right, in heat, or having a attitude problem.
I reserve the right to refuse to send a dog home to the owner if the dog isn't what the owner is looking for or "washes out". I will restart them a different dog or puppy.
(You are allowed 1-2 areas of training included in the pricing above. For example shed hunting and waterfowl or sheds and upland and so on. We DON'T do waterfowl and tracking combinations.)
Upland
Our programs are designed for the average hunter. We don't run hunt tests for clients or tournaments. We want to build clients a dog out of excellent breeding to be an excellent hunter and companion.
Started Puppy 8 weeks - 5 Months Old
Puppy: $2000.00
Training: $2000.00 (Includes vaccinations, deworming, and general care/board)
Training: $2000.00 (Includes vaccinations, deworming, and general care/board)
- Shaping behaviors: sit, here, kennel, name, place
- Learning to be receptive to training
- Getting used to a leash, being tied, pressure
- Retrieving skills, creating consistency
- Bird/Gun ( we do this with all puppies)
- Riding, lots of walking, introduction to water (pending time of year)
- Socializing with other dogs and people
- Crate training
- No Jumping, manners, boundaries
- Place board & light stay work
Advanced Puppy 8 weeks - 8 Months Old
Training: $1500.00
This is a continuation of the started puppy.
This is a continuation of the started puppy.
- We solidify the obedience commands with more consistency and through greater distraction.
- Sit, stay, heel, here, kennel, place, load
- Progress retrieving after teething is complete
- Hold Conditioning
- Collar Conditioning
- Helping the dog gain confidence, gain mental maturity and consistency.
- Running basic marks
- Working cover and quartering
- Continuing Bird/Gun
- Whistle recall
Intermediate Dog 12 Months Old
Training: $1500.00
- Force Fetch
- This section of training is mostly time in the field putting all the pieces together, giving the dog opportunity and working within its maturity.
- Continuation of field training
- Continuation of obedience and collar conditioning
- Running multiple marks
- Solidifying field delivery and habits
- Working more difficult cover
Waterfowl
Our programs are designed for the average hunter. We don't run hunt tests for clients or tournaments. We want to build clients a dog out of excellent breeding to be an excellent hunter and companion.
Started Puppy 8 weeks - 5 Months Old
Puppy: $2000.00
Training: $2000.00 (Includes vaccinations, deworming, and general care/board)
Training: $2000.00 (Includes vaccinations, deworming, and general care/board)
- Shaping behaviors: sit, here, kennel, name, place
- Learning to be receptive to training
- Getting used to a leash, being tied, pressure
- Retrieving skills, creating consistency
- Bird/Gun ( we do this with all puppies)
- Riding, lots of walking, introduction to water (pending time of year)
- Socializing with other dogs and people
- Crate training
- No Jumping, manners, boundaries
- Place board & light stay work
- Whistle Sit
Advanced Puppy 8 weeks - 8 Months Old
Training: $1500.00
This is a continuation of the started puppy.
This is a continuation of the started puppy.
- We solidify the obedience commands with more consistency and through greater distraction.
- Sit, stay, heel, here, kennel, place, load
- Progress retrieving after teething is complete
- Hold Conditioning
- Collar Conditioning
- Helping the dog gain confidence, gain mental maturity and consistency.
- Running basic marks
- Working cover
- Continuing Bird/Gun
- Whistle recall
- Steady to shot
- Extended Whistle sit
- Memories
- Water Work
Intermediate Dog 12 Months Old+
Training: $2,000
*** We do not house break dogs anymore. House breaking dogs is simple if you can be consistent and utilize the crate & place training.***
- Force Fetch
- Casting
- Handsignals
- Memories
- Blind Work
- Multiple marks
- Water Work
- Off Leash Heel work
*** We do not house break dogs anymore. House breaking dogs is simple if you can be consistent and utilize the crate & place training.***
We do not to waterfowl training beyond the intermediate level due to no access to property needed for properly finishing a successful waterfowl dog.
Buying a started dog is always an exciting and sometimes nerve racking experience. We like to be as black and white as possible so both parties are on the same page. We will NOT hold a dog without a deposit down on the dog. Buyer WILL be subject to sign a liability form if the dog doesn't leave right away or continues training with us as apart of the purchase agreement. When we sell a started-finished dog, the dog will be overseen by our vet of choice, Dr. Lisa Reiter, before leaving our facility. We don't offer a guarantee. Our refund policy states that if you decide to back out of a started dog for any reason while the dog in training at our facility, we will relist, resell, and then refund you after the dog has sold. You will be refunded the full amount you had paid down on the dog. The does not include remaining unpaid balance.