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[I know my trainers would want the owner of a talky dog to get it under control ASAP, they have verbally scolded people who have growly dogs in class, and then helped them to work through it as well.

I can see your trainer's point of view given my own experience. Perhaps banning you was a little harsh, but if you offended her in any way defending your dogs' behavior, then that maybe has more to do with it than the dogs' actions themselves. I can't really see a good dog trainer giving you the boot for a 'talky' dog on it's own without giving you help first unless there was more to the story.....

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Unfortunately, there was no help or advice offered from the instructor to fix the issue nor do I expect any. I did receive a clear order from the instructor to "get that dog to stop growling immediately" but other than that, the remainder of the yelling was just negative admonishment. That's why I've turned to this forum for help.