Dog class trainer etiquette?

[MissyGallant]

and to just yell it at you as you were leaving- I'd also look into somewhere/someone else. check out Petsmart/Petco- not all the trainers are teenage never had a dog but need a job people......

I agree about the doggie superstores. My local Petsmart has a great trainer who has been doing it for years. He also does classes at our library for kids and those who don't care to leave town for the lessons.

 

[MissyGallant]

I went to two differentt classes with Brodie. Both were basic classes, and we went because he was just so shy that I wanted to get him around other dogs. I was single in those days, and don't completely remember, but in the good class, he said that all family members who might be giving a basic command should be there. The members who weren't the immediate handler were not in the ring, they were on the side, but they were there. In the bad class, she confessed that she didn't enjoy training shelties because they think for themselves toomuch, and she didn't like that. I said I did and wrote that up in my class review for the owners. I finished the classes, because there were only two more sessions, and my objective was getting him used to other animals.

 

[corbinam]

I can definitely appreciate that this is run by volunteers and that they have to have certain guidelines in place for the general dog owner population. However, I have never been one for "blanket" rules. And once an owner showed up with their significant other and explained their desire to both handle their dog, I think it should be judged on a case by case basis.

Here are two people who want to handle their dog, and learn how to do it correctly. Why were they denied? That doesn't make sense to me, and if they were going to hold to that rule, I would still want to train elsewhere.