| Re: Beginner Obedience Class Ends on a Sour Note
I have decided that the level of obedience of the dogs in a class is directly proportional to the amount of control expected.
an example; the other night a man brought his dog to training for the first time. he wanted to work on his behavior around other dogs. none of the problems he was experiencing at home surfaced at training, his dog was very well behaved. walked among the dogs doing long downs, stayed in a long down himself while other dogs did obedience. I said to him, perhaps the dogs in your neighborhood are out of control. he said, yes they were. so the dog didn't have to worry about the well behaved dogs, and could be well behaved himself.
a dog does need to get used to distractions, and I suppose you could use the class for that, but too bad the instructor is so ineffective. |