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LOL well i did tell them they would have to pry him away from you yb

hi Slim Hagrid is amazing and you guys have such a great relationship its so nice to see people who love their dgs for ewho they are My kids were looking at the photos and both reckon he should come live here lol yb

hi Tracey connor was like that when we first got home he had to tell everyone about his day yb

Yes i would also like to add my thanks for such a well run relaxing and informative day. we learnt heaps and connor had a ball he's stuffed now and dreaming about sheep. I was also lucky enough to get to have a go with tuppy who was amazing and showe me a lot abot what i was supposed to be doing. Cant wait till next time

Have a lift now i just need to get in lol yb

I fi can get a lift i want to come too please i missed out last time

trkey and lamd chunkers they break into little bits easily and sml dog doesnt need half an hour to chew on lol the dont keep well but if you freeze them and take straight from the bag they are fine we also use liver treats and natures gift little bits cheese carrot apple fruit snack pack juice is a winner at home and anything else we humans eat yb

If you have a dog with issues then i would always reccomend a private trianer or club that has proven itself in that area you will pay for the service but at least you will be put on the right track If you have a willling easy going dog then where you trian doesnt really matter its amatter of where you choose. there is no way id recommend someone take an aggressive or a fearful or nervous dogto a local club without being under the instruction of a professional first yb

Why are dogs more foccussed with prey than food is it because the instinct to catch and kill is muh higher that eatng so they dont give up chasing food in the wild. connor is coming along in leaps and bounds we had a set back with sore eyes but hes over that now but we are getting really good smal spurts of heeling better for the toy than food WE have been working on positions at a dstance whih he knows very well and am just starting on going to the box as i want that fast and he has always gone no prob but trotted to it yb

Hi HR I still havent been over to check you guys out ive spent years surfing the cubs asking questions and talking to instructors the best club i found would have been ALpha Geg was so accomadating let us take photos of his puppy agility took us to each class and explained what tey did loved his socialisation class apart from ADT i dont thnk many do that typ of thing he was coplimentary and open and even invited us to an instructor bbq to talk training Of the community clubs i have yet to find one that has a real community feel that is thnking outside the squre or rectangle as they seem to have trial stuck in their heads. What i want is someone to open a training centre like in the states where you book an area they have all the equipment facilitys to video your work and cds for noise distractio and maybe have two areas side by side so you get the distraction of other dogs somewhere where you can go to trian your dog not b instructed lol maybe i need to buy a property with a big shed yb

Hi anne I am really looking forward to meeting you guys when we start summer school Alison i understand what you are saying when i wanted to put cgc on my dog the only place doing it was charging an upfront fee i think it was a fifty dolar private to assess the dog the 120 for the ten week course i nearly choked as my dog was well past that level but the trainer would not just let us get certified and as the rainer was not proven to be anything special i wasnt reccomending people go to her . What adt are doing though i think makes sense if you go along to club you have a good idea of what you want in as fa as level say basic well behaved dog well socialised. You are paying for a structured course with professionals whose job t is to get you their. When you go to a vounteer run club each instructor has a different set of values one may think its important to have straight sits and close tight heeling another may think loose lead is ok because they dont rial so although your thinking well behaved pet half your class is thinking trial dog others agility others the same as you. Also when you throw in a dog with issues the instructor who may have trained a quiet lab or smal white fluffy but never handled a big gsp thats hypo doesnt understand who and why that dog is doing what it does I listent to classes all the time and watch instructors ignore the ones who need the most help too hard or give wrong information based on wat they think they are seeing Two of my dogs were dubbed untrainable one i was told was way to aggressive by club instrucotrs both dogs went on to become happy relaxed companions both competed in ud and agility the instructors at the clubs just didnt understand the dogs then there is the issue of instructors taking on dogs wit issues when they arent experenced enough to help them and stuff he whole thing up because they wanted to help. If you know where you want to get your dog and you pay upfront for the course then you aremaking a commitment to doing the course and to training your dog to that level when things get tough or you hit a road block you have professionals in the wings to help you get going again they will encourage you as it is their goal to see you reach your goal and if you give up im sure youwould get a call to see if all is ok you stop going to cub for three months noone rings to ask if they can do anything to help yb

nah whast worse is when you help someone train ther dog turn it around and then they go and charge people for lessons using the info you taught them lol yb

you forgot one thing the other nights training if i was to join a couple of other clubs so i could train on more days i'd have spent over three hundred a year for training thast one year yb

hi Mel Dnt i know it the amount of help i have given people for free and then they come back after paying someone for the same info and rave about the person lol yb

I thought they would most places have something inplce for when you cant go you also have to think if a person pays they are more likely to stik to training and not give it away and shove the dog in the yard yb

Hey SR Well said

hi Erny well said you summed up what i was trying to say yb

Yup i get your point so you are saying that if it were you you.d rather pay a small fee and a bit each week but would be willing to pay more for private lessons with someone who got results So if it were a club that say limited class sizes to six had a very good instructor that go results then twenty a year to join and five a week would be ok because it isnt a lump sum I agree hence why i go to the local club to trian i would happily pay more per week though say five dollars if the grounds were terrific One provate club i know of used to charge sixty a year and six a week but they were egtting really good results quickly i thought it was reasonable especially wseeing they payed the instructors and had to hire the ground yb

well from what ive heard people are paying it i know people who spend thougsands on dog training i guess the questions to ask would be what percentage are successful in achieving the level they wanted at both types of clubs. I agree 610 is a lot but then i guess if your getting results is it as you said k9 charges over fve hundred for five lessons eople are happy to pay t because they get results So in the past two years how many poeple joined the club then each year how many left how many got the result they wanted how many stayed becasue they just love the whole outing. there are people charging forty to sixty dollars a private lesson people pay it why yb

you have to remeber that a club like hastings is volunteer run aDT pay their instructors who are in turn certifieied and i dare say expected to go to seminars to keep up to date.. volunteer clubs are great but whether you will always get a knowledgable instructor is another thing and many really dont understand dogs other than their own. Having said that i have no idea of the level of the instructors at ADt except they are ndtf certified. I go to a volunteer club i dont do classes because i dont train the way the club reccomends and i dont like the way the classes are ahndled i train on my own it costs me thirty a year to join and three dollars a week i go say 40 weeks a year so this year i spent $140 dollars on training and what am i getting a ground and some distractions lol i have been in the game for fifteen years so i have spent over 1500 dolars on going to dog club for no instruction just to use equipment lol yb

Hi Lablover Yes your right Erny always remeber your doing the hard yards and training the dog Im looking forward to meeting such an enthusiastic trainer hopefully you'll get my motivation soaring lol. yb

Way to go Its nice to here people progress and im sure the instrucotrs at ADT areenjoying having such a passionate enthusiasti member in their class it makes instructing so worthwhile when you have a keen pupil yb

all this talk of torture and shoving people in bags hmmm sounds like steves in for a good time lol yb

Hi guys Good on you for working so hard doing a course by correspondence is hard work takes a lot of self motivation. yb

awww you poor thing maybe it was skyes evil plot to keep the blue dog confined so she gets more of those beach outings yb