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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Possible silly question...what basic skills are you looking for your puppy to learn? Come, sit, stay and the like? Or more general skills, like stay in a bounded area (a yard for example)? Other?
Just curious. I've always trained my own dogs, and am curious what you look for in a trainer.  |
A little off topic, but... one of the functions of a puppy training class, beside those you have mentioned, is to begin the puppy's socialization process with other dogs (puppies) in a controlled environment.
I think socialization is very important, and the sooner it is started the better. We've been in a class where one of the puppies was extremely shy and hid under the chair. The trainer was able to bring her out of her shell and show the owners what to do with her. She finally became comfortable with the other puppies by the end of the classes.