[AngelBunny]

If you read thru the postings in Training you'll find repeated mention of finding a trainer with working dog experience who uses positive reinforcement. Not once will you find a recommendation to seek out a trainer who uses E-collars on puppies.

Your parents didn't do enough research before hiring their trainer. I say this because of your comment she'll only train the dog using a shock collar.

The mark of a good trainer--one who knows what he or she is doing--is ability to tailor the training to suit the dog.

The fact the trainer they're using has one and only one method and approach indicates she's a poor trainer. One size doesn't fit all.

And the fact she's brainwashed your parents into believing that willful and difficult are bad things in a Rottie clearly shows she knows nothing about the breed.

(Of course Rotties are willful! They were bred to herd cattle and sheep (w/o working hand in glove with a handler like BCs do), something they did by force of character and determination, not size.)

You said your parents liked her. Why did they like her?

I find the whole sitatuation sad and depressing.

Owners who have a breed of dog they clearly don't understand working with a bad trainer who also doesn't understand the breed.