Here is the deal. If you don't have time to work with your retriever you can let him or her go with the Delta Retrievers! Rates are competitive! Training is about 20 dollars a day. Of course, a dog doesn't get trained in a day but in about 3 months a decent retriever will have all obedience down and be force fetched and retrieving to hand. If you add 3 more months to that you should have a dog that is running blind retrieves. Do you want a well trained dog for next duck season?