starsarahs asked:
I want to take my little Jaack Russell puppy to training classes in a clean and safe place. I live in Brighton and Hove. Can anyone reccomend?
I want to take my little Jaack Russell puppy to training classes in a clean and safe place. I live in Brighton and Hove. Can anyone reccomend?
i live in brighton! (:
annyway..
i dont know anywhere though…
i trained my shih tzu myself.
good luck! xx
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here is a site with a list of dog trainers.
But you should start bringing your puppy to training classes when he is one year old.
But untill he is one year old you can use this site;
it tells you how to train your dog like a proffesional dog trainer.
hope this helps
To be honest I’d first question why you want to go to training classes in the first place.I’ve had a number of dogs over many years and believe me training classes are not the ideal place to train your dog Why?
First your puppy is going to have as many distractions as there are other dogs there.Secondly the hall -or wherever is the venue for these-is going to be a strange environment he/she will be wholly intent on exploring thoroughly and before he pays any attention to you.
Next you’ll find that training of course is done on a ‘group’ basis-meaning that you and other owners will be doing the same exercise together.It may be
a)an exercise your dog just isn’t ready for
b) an exercise it already knows and will obey
c) an exercise it cannot perform as a result of the manner it is being taught.
Your better option is to train the dog yourself.Many classes are held in the evenings (because of owner work schedules).and that is when both owners and dogs are tired.
Take time out during the day and at a point when neither of you are tired and when your puppy has been walked -emptied the tanks- and is not too full of bounce.
Golden Rules.
1)Keep training sessions short.Puppies have a short concentration span.Try 10 minutes first and build from that over time.
2) One command at a time.Don’t move on to another until puppy has mastered the first.(Dog classes will have the poor pup trying to master 5 commands in a session)
3)Keep the command simple-single word after always using dog’s name first to get it’s attention .’Suki sit’ not ‘Come on puppy sit down’
4)Keep training session fun and ALWAYS reward dog for successful completion of command
5)Never scold the dog for ignoring you or failing to complete your command.
6)If puppy is having a woolly day-not really concentrating-leave session until tomorrow.
Believe me-you’ll have a better trained dog-a quicker trained dog-and it will have cost you nothing.
Dog classes provide nothing you and pup cannot do between you.
Lastly don’t even start (other than encouraging toilet towards outside door) training until heading towards 3 months.It will prove a waste of time.Dog’s brain not sufficiently developed and puppy only weaned at 8 weeks.It’s like asking a human baby to speak a foreign language before it can speak its own.
Good Luck and to the both of you
Mike, you speak such a lot of sense and I totally agree with you. BUT have you any ideas for my 3year old rescue dog who has learned it all and forgotten it all again.
The biggest problems are – jumping up in excitement and going for the jugular of every dog she meets. In addition, although I could recall her last year, she refuses to come back this year, so I have to keep her on a lead and she pulls me everywhere she wants to go. A nightmare! p.s. She is an angel at home