Water training a Drahthaar hunting dog with Western Bird Dog Training in Casper, Wyoming.
A trained Drahthaar hunting dog holding a pheasant in its mouth on a hunt in Casper, Wyoming.
A Drahthaar hunting dog wearing a collar equipped with an orange and black tracking device, standing in a dry grassy field near Casper, Wyoming.

Basic Obedience (the FOUNDATION for all work and home)

Live Bird Intro Training ( Pups and dogs with little or no bird exposure) 

Gunfire Intro

E-Collar ( Introductions and proper use)

Water Training ( retrievers and versatile dogs)

Bird work ( establishing a point or flush, dependent on breed)

Advanced Bird Dog Training ( Whoa , Force Fetch, Blinds, Handling, Backing,)

You and your dog’s training are custom to your goals, type of dog (pointing, retriever, versatile), dogs age, and ability. The training sessions duration ( normally half hour to an hour ) and frequency are tailored to the stage and needs of your dog and/or your training budget and plans. We can set up hourly, punch cards per hour/session (the most bang for your buck) and discuss budgets.

Mike Boyd, owner and head trainer at Western Bird Dog Training in Casper, Wyoming, working with a Drahthaar hunting dog after a successful Chukar hunt.
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  • $80/hour

  • $420

    6 total hours

  • $720

    12 total hours

  • $1,000

    20 total hours, 1 month/5 sessions per week

  • The first two seasons are so important to developing a good upland bird dog. Especially the first. The key is LOTS and LOTS of exposure to wild birds to hone their craft. A dog can be a protégé on training pigeons, which is great, but it is wild birds and hunting that make a decent dog great.

    Not everyone has the time or ability to get their dog that amount of hunting and wild bird exposure. With limited days afield it is hard for a lot of folks to NOT shot at birds in range that the dog mishandled and should not be rewarded with a potential dead bird / retrieve tore-enforce doing it “ right”. This is where WBDT can help. I can hunt your dog on wild birds, get them the exposure, and see what is going on to come back to the training grounds and make corrections and get them where we want them.

    This can be a weekend, week(s), month(s)- purely custom. Quotes available and space in the string is dependent. I would either need to be working with and familiar with your dog, or an evaluation of your dog and gauge on where and what it needs would be required before taking it on.