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This is my first post, but I just had to jump in here with my story. We rescued a 1yr. 9mo. old male Rotty. It seems he was kept in his yard for his whole life without any training. He was not abused, just neglected. He is smart and confident, somewhat stubborn but great disposition. He had his first obedience class last Saturday. It was horrible! We were told to wait outside until everyone else had entered the room. After 5 minutes the trainer came up to me and said, "You could have done alot better than this! You should never have adopted an adult, male Rotweiller!
Lady, you are in way over your head!" Wow, my poor dog can't help he was never trained, that was why we were there-for training. He then said I would need private lessons and had to use a prong collar, and give him another $200. All this after only 5 minutes. I must mention, all the other dogs in the class were small breeds. The trainer had no problem giving them sharp corrections - enough to lift them off the ground. Well, I left the class and found an excellent trainer, who isn't harsh and does not think my pup and I are big loosers.  |