To answer the original question: I am not a professional trainer. I own a dog supply business and train my own dogs. I help people whenever I can. A friend once told me he was getting a chocolate Lab pup and asked me if I would train it for duck hunting. He was willing to pay me the going rate for a pro, which at the time was about $450.00 per month. I told him I would, under one condition; that he would keep the pup until he was about 6 months old, AND that he would spend 10 minutes working with it every day (one 5 minute session morning and evening). I lent him my Sound Beginnings retriever training video, gave him a whistle and told him I'd work with him until pup came to me full time.<br> <br> I figured if he couldn't find 10 minutes a day to work with pup and use the tools I offered him at no charge, he probably wasn't very interested in having a trained dog. And if someone trained a dog for him, he would quickly undo everything through neglect. Do you know what happened? Sadly, he never did a single thing with the dog. I can't tell you how many times this has been repeated.<br> <br> So, to answer the original question, if somebody came to me to have their pup trained, I would tell them the same thing as I told my friend. I would want to see some time, effort and interest on their part before I took their money. Just my opinion.<br> <br>