[Labs Will-Do]

The recent post on someones move to Texas is initiating this question. Where in US would you move if it were to be a your full-time residence and you were involved in retriever training as an amateur. Certainly weather, events, and the other aspects of location would play into it (cost, people, landscape, conveniences, etc). Would certainly like to get some opinions on this.

It always seems greener on the other side of the fence.

 

[Mark Littlejohn]

We lived in the Lexington, Kentucky area for a while; back when I was running bird dogs. We trained everyday year round. The summers were manageable, the winters were rarely severe. Not sure about their retriever base or duck hunting though.

The Bluegrass is always bluer (?) :? regards,

Mark

 

[afdahl]

The Sandhills area of North Carolina is great! The climate is good for training year-round, there's lots of nice rolling terrain and many springs, so there are loads of farm ponds in open fields available. It's actually cooler here in the summer than in VA, MD, NY, and other places north of here. Winters are mild. Also there's a large number of field trials and hunting tests--nearly 30 of each--close by. Most of the hunt tests are at Cooper Black, an hour and a half away. Nice grounds that are available for training. The field trials are more spread out, but we can leave the morning of the trial for most--that's an extra training day during the season.

The duck hunting's not great, though. Dove hunting is variable and can be good.

Amy DAhl

 

[George C. Tull]

I can tell ya, it's 'bout too hot to train here in Bama. :roll:

 

[D Beard]

We lived in the Lexington, Kentucky area for a while; back when I was running bird dogs. We trained everyday year round. The summers were manageable, the winters were rarely severe. Not sure about their retriever base or duck hunting though.

The Bluegrass is always bluer (?) :? regards,

Mark

Yeah, come on to the Bluegrass. We need a rich someone to purchase some land and build nice tech ponds!

 

[Guest]

Thomasville, GA -- the retriever training capital of the united states

 

[Polock]

As the Vinwood hat bellows...............

"You can go to Hell, and I will go to Texas" ..............Davy Crockett

Lived in the NE all my life trainin' pointers and retrievers........it's time for a climate change......................... :roll:

God Bless Texas.................... :wink:

 

[AmiableLabs]

Central Wisconsin.

 

[kjrice]

PNW

 

[Labs Will-Do]

Thanks for the post thus far.

Kristie, I do think Thomasville is a great area, I visited area for Lardy seminar and saw dog trucks everwhere and heard about all the tec ponds in the area. Also in previous career I spent some time in Albany: seems that the whole area between the two is nice ...I'm sure the real estate market for property is tight and maybe the whole summer months thing would be hard for training...it appears that alot of professionals in area are only wintering.

Amy, I am in SC about 1:15 south of Cooper Black which provides a lot of opportunity: Camden SC not far away is growing with retriever interest the rest of part of state seems scattered. Small farm acreage is limited especially near any conveniences and we do have a hot summer.

Here is the deal, my wife who is in a medical profession (that would allow her to move fairly easy-pharmacist) would love to move having grownup in area that we now live, she wants to try something new. I have owned a business (retail office) for a few years and want to get out off. Working as wildlife biologist for a consulting forestry firm and now in office enviroment... I would like to think that I could find something involving the hobby that I love, retrievers. So therefore the interest in what directions may be interesting to look towards.

Thanks again and I look forward to hearing some opinions.

 

[Labs Will-Do]

Still would like to get some opinions.

 

[Trevor Toberny]

It cant get much better than Dallas Ft wWorth area.there are several Ft and HT not far from metroplex.Several Ft and HT pros in the area and groups to train with.Summers do get hot but learn to deal with it and get out early.