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question for people who've ever taken their dog/puppy to a training school...
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...for those of you that have ever used a training/obediance school, i have a few questions as im thinking of going into this kind of work:
* Why did you take your animal there?
* What impressed u most? methods used that were effective? Things you didnt like?
* How much did it cost you?
Also, what would u look for in a dog trainer???
thanx
* Why did you take your animal there?
* What impressed u most? methods used that were effective? Things you didnt like?
* How much did it cost you?
Also, what would u look for in a dog trainer???
thanx
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Train it yourself.
Nothing actually worked on him, so in my eyes, it's a bit of a risky business
I know we paid about £40, but I don't know what that was for (i.e a lesson, a course of lessons etc)
we chose the dog training school because a neighbour of ours ran it and had lots of experience with dogs. it was actually really good, there were about 10 dogs per class and every week we were taught different exercises, starting of with simple sit and stays on the lead and progressing to doing work off the lead. the trainer had a dog which she demonstrated with and she came round and helped us individually. she also taught us a lot of things about good ways to reward dogs, the sort of things you should give them, when you should give them treats etc. and also about punishment, good methods that werent too harsh etc.
im not sure how much it cost actually... not much though i dont think.. £3.50 a week maybe...
Our trainers are really good, and for £2 a session, I think it's pretty good. We had to pay a registration fee (can't remember how much), but other than that, it's only £2 a time.
Like when he is off his lead and you want him to come back when you first cal him he will stop and turn round and look at you as if to say and why should I came back to you, so we just pretend that we have someting fun to play with and call him again and he comes back we make a big fuss of him and its fine.
Apaarently though i have to spend an extra 3 years in education doing an accredditation, so im not so sure now!
I thought it was well worth it, my puppy learned a lot and so did i. She explained our dogs' behaviour and why we should do the things we were advised to. And at the end of each session the pups got some time to all have a play together which was good.