Mara
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We did...and we are very happy we did. It was almost 8 years ago and she's a very well-behaved girl. I did not want a dog that we couldn't take out to places without being sure she would comport herself well.
The funniest and most true part of the training, which was not that expensive since it was only 6 weeks for puppies and was more along the lines of gearing you up as an owner to arm you with the tools to learn how to train your dog in the future, was when the trainer basically said... this is not so much about training the dog as it is about teaching you how to train your dog. So essentially almost training the humans to train the dog. It stuck with me thru the years and is very true. We learned essentials in that class that we used for years later and still do.
And I dare to say that we even find elements of that class helpful in things like child-rearing. It's somewhat a similar thing.
The funniest and most true part of the training, which was not that expensive since it was only 6 weeks for puppies and was more along the lines of gearing you up as an owner to arm you with the tools to learn how to train your dog in the future, was when the trainer basically said... this is not so much about training the dog as it is about teaching you how to train your dog. So essentially almost training the humans to train the dog. It stuck with me thru the years and is very true. We learned essentials in that class that we used for years later and still do.
And I dare to say that we even find elements of that class helpful in things like child-rearing. It's somewhat a similar thing.