I grew up in Virginia (my parents live there) so I am there from time to time. I just graduated from college in Maine and it is lookin' like I am going to be heading out to South Dakota soon to start grad school. I know that doesn't sound very promising for getting together to run our feist dogs but you never know. Where is Seagrove, NC?
I can't wait to see a picture of your pup. Did you read the rambling post I made about training? If you have any questions let me know. There are a lot of squirrel dog people (Feist and Cur) in North Carolina. You should check out Squirrel Dog Central to read more on training and a lot of other topics relating to squirrel dogs. I have the same name over there. It is (
http://www.sqdog.com). You should be able to find people there in NC you could meet and run dogs with too.