About Stump Hill Farms Kennel

Stump Hill Farms Kennel publishes a priced, residential training catalog at 1248 N NC 11 903 Hwy, Kenansville, NC, alongside a "200+ acre Controlled Shooting Preserve" offering guided and self-guided hunts.

What they publish

Their own training packages are itemized with prices. Puppy Head Start is a three-to-four-week course for puppies aged eight to twelve weeks covering "intro sit, here, heel, place (stay), lay down" plus potty and crate work, with puppies "carried out to stores for socialization", listed at $446.25 per week with a special rate of $367.50, or $425 and $350 per week paying cash. Basic/Advanced Obedience is a six-week course for dogs six months and older covering sit, here, heel, place and lay down, listed at $1,890 with a special of $1,260 in an open-air covered kennel, or $2,250 in a heated and air-conditioned enclosed kennel, with Advanced Obedience adding $300. A Socialization/Public Spaces add-on at $300 covers repeat trips to pet-friendly stores and is included automatically in Advanced Obedience. Upland Game Bird training covers "whistle/tone/woah break, flushing, shoot to retrieve and steady to wing and shot" at $1,470 with a special of $945. A retriever program, a short board and train, and add-ons for potty and kennel training and for trials and titling are also listed.

How the training runs

The published sequence is a meet and greet, then an initial evaluation "to determine training needs, temperament and the ability to retain skills", then a residential stay in which "Your dog trains 6 days a week".

Who runs it

The site describes "a small family owned business" that "started, initially, as a sideline", and names four founders on its About page. It states "we believe that cut-rate training should be affordable to everyone" and names itself a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and a Dogtra authorized dealer.

Location note

Kenansville is in Duplin County, further out than the rest of this metro's trainers; the drive is worth checking before booking.