Ellie's Fifth Rally Class--I AM SO MAD!!! (Long post)

Lahree said:
We had to fill out a questionnaire on what previous training our dog had and where, but nowhere did it ask if our dog had any problems with other dogs. I was so impressed that in big letters that it said on the form (and on the web page) that there must be three feet of personal space all around your dog at all times and that you must control your dog. Hmmm. What happened to that? This instructor also lets one of her students (I think it's her life partner) yell over the top of her, take over, give instructions that contradict her own, ect. She doesn't even have control of her students!
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That is interesting. In Sca's Flyball class one of the 'students' is the instructors husband. But she run's the class and he never contradicts (I have seen a couple of times his tongue was bit sore from biting though :lol:) And it is not a competence thing since I am sure he could teach the class also.
 
funny how things are sometimes. We train at facility that is known to handle dogs that are kicked out of other places and yet I feel very safe there. I do travel more than an hour to get there, 40 minutes on a good day...
I wish Leo showed as much common sense as Ellie showed that eve... maybe one day he would realize that taking on every GSD that gives him an eye is not a good idea:cry:
 
Wow! I am speechless (hard to do). I'm glad that you and Ellie were not bitten. And I seriously dislike people who say, "oh, they just want to play" when they have absolutely no control over their dogs.

I have asked strangers if Koji could greet them (well, them greet Koji) after he's barked and lunged at them. I tell them, he is friendly, but for some reason, walking by gets to him. So I put him in a sit and have the stranger come up to him. Koji's all happy then. But the point I'm trying to make is...even if Koji DOES want to play, it doesn't look like play to most people (lunging, barking, pulling, etc). And no way would I let him go, in that state of mind to go play with a dog.

:no: Some people just shouldn't own dogs. And even more so, Rottie's.

Good luck with that letter. And I'm glad that Ellie doesn't seem affected by it. Phew.
 
I feel angry for you too! I feel like calling up the place you trained at and giving them a piece of my mind. As if the photos during a class wasn't bad enough!

That rotty and its owner should have immediately been banned as soon as it bit the first time, keeping allowing that dog into a class is bad enough, allowing it in the same one that you and Ellie are in is inexcusable. Stupidity at its highest.

I would also insist on getting my money back for the class.

If the instructor isn't someone who is in charge then I'd find the person who is and tell him/her about your experience, just so that they're aware of what's going on.

Good for you for sticking up for you and Ellie and giving them a piece of your mind!
 
Thee is a lot of things I don't understad in this situation, but the biggest is since the Rott/owner were allowed to continue WHY wouldn't the owner keep a better watch on her dog KNOWING that she always went after Ellie when she had the chance? I am just so disgusted with the whole mess.

On the bright side, Ellie did learn to tolerate and accept other dogs getting close to her without any reaction, so there was a lot of positive things between her and other dogs and between her and me. I worked with her two to three times a day in short intervals and she and I learned skills and impressive looking "tricks" (to the untrained eye that is--if you didn't know what they did in rally classes). My favortie was learning to turn one direction why Ellie went in other. That was fun! She also learned to watch me and concentrate on me and ignore the other distractions. I always knew she was smart, but she really learned to put things together. She learns very quickly and she also has been able to become very intuned with my body language and even my facial expressions.

She is a doll and I love her to pieces. She has really turned out to be a great dog! We will continue with our training--I just have to find the right person to help us.
 
Lahree said:
Thee is a lot of things I don't understad in this situation, but the biggest is since the Rott/owner were allowed to continue WHY wouldn't the owner keep a better watch on her dog KNOWING that she always went after Ellie when she had the chance? I am just so disgusted with the whole mess.

On the bright side, Ellie did learn to tolerate and accept other dogs getting close to her without any reaction, so there was a lot of positive things between her and other dogs and between her and me. I worked with her two to three times a day in short intervals and she and I learned skills and impressive looking "tricks" (to the untrained eye that is--if you didn't know what they did in rally classes). My favortie was learning to turn one direction why Ellie went in other. That was fun! She also learned to watch me and concentrate on me and ignore the other distractions. I always knew she was smart, but she really learned to put things together. She learns very quickly and she also has been able to become very intuned with my body language and even my facial expressions.

She is a doll and I love her to pieces. She has really turned out to be a great dog! We will continue with our training--I just have to find the right person to help us.
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That's the spirit!
Don't try to think or analyze the other people's reasoning, ya gonna drive yerself crazy... and that is short trip for some of us, so I have tried to give that up!! lol
 
Congrats to Ellie!
I so agree with you about the aggressive dog thing. Nellie once had 2 70lb dogs chasing after her on an open field. I know for a fact that those dogs DID just want to play, but because Nells is such a fearsome dog, to her it was like they were going to eat her. (12lbs vs. 140 lbs.......)
 
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