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Originally Posted by lblax  actually gary is just a young pup and a perfect example where someone thought training is better than manners at this point, i start manners as soon as i get the pup and am now just starting ob at 10 1/2 months as long as the dog has manners at his age thats allthats needed but to say this bluntly you should run not walk from this trainer anyone who would even suggest spray bottles/squirt guns/can rattling or anything of this nature is not a trainer and simply doesnt have a clue.the kind of advice your getting is no better than someone telling you to roll up a newspaper to use on the dog and im sure you wouldnt do that . so dont throw your money away on bad advice from a so called trainer, if you were to have a problem with your dog a trainer like this can take a problem and turn it into a real problem in a very short time. |
I have been trying to work on manners from day 1 since we have brought Gary home
I have never allowed him to jump up on me or any guests. He gets put away if he is too obnoxious around visitors. I NEVER let him pull me on walks. I have been continuously socializing him. What else can I be doing at this point to work on his manners? (I do still think he has bad manners but I really am trying to work on it!)
I thought that I needed to be working on getting him more solid around distractions. He has no manners in situations that get him over excited (new dogs, new people around, etc).
I am still going to go to this training place, as I need to work on getting Gary to calm down and have more self control in social situations.