MolassesLass Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Has anyone been to any classes that they run? What were they like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steph & Bam Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) One of the trainers is really good (i'm a volunteer there sometimes) and has helped with a minor issue I had with Bam (leaping in the air and snapping, not at people, just in the middle of a field ) and I haven't had the problem recur. The other one I met with Bam, Bam didn't like him at all. But Bam is a sensitive boy sometimes he just doesn't like men. ETA: I haven't been to one of their classes, just met with the trainers privately. Edited September 18, 2007 by Steph & Bam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pixel Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 We took our dog there for puppy preschool. It wasn't fantastic, it seems very directed at people who had no idea about dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Pixel, do you think the intructors know about dogs (i.e. are they as clueless as some of the vet nurses who run puppy preschools)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pixel Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 They knew to expect our pooch to be more interested in them than the other dogs They seems to know as much as a dog lover would, but not a vet, breeder, etc if that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Makes perfect sense, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsD Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Im pretty sure that carebear said that she went for lessons there ML, she may be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I've been told that it's in the way of 'purely positive' training.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 I've been told that it's in the way of 'purely positive' training.. It becomes clearer and clearer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystiqview Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My partner worked there for a few years until a year ago. Yep very into purely positive. No negative correction at all. Could say a lot more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Curosity working overtime now ML! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 About why I'm asking? I'll PM ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit for a King Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I went there about 6 years ago...was okay but not great - some instructors tried fairly hard but were keener to work with people who had a clue and who's dogs were better controlled than with novices. I do remember deciding it wasn't the place for me, however, when a woman arrived with a fairly young (about 18 mo) male rottie over which she had no control.....it was human aggressive and very dog aggressive and had real trouble even being in the vicinity of other dogs. They advised her to muzzle the dog (fair enough) but by week 3 "training" consisted of her lying her entire body over the dog which was on its side on the ground. They would spend the entire hour that way while everyone else marched up and down and walked around them. They considered that she could "break" the dog humanely this way and make it give in to her.......errrrrr..........mmmmmmmm....of course at the end of the hour when it got up off the ground it would lunge at anything and everything that came near...they insisted on her keeping up the "training"...a few of us took aside and suggested she go to a behaviourist...she refused.........by the end of the 12 week course the dog was, IMO, worse than when it started...very sad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatLek Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 My partner worked there for a few years until a year ago. Yep very into purely positive. No negative correction at all. Could say a lot more.. please forgive my ignorance. what is purely positive training? we just started puppy school and that is our first time so we can't really do any comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Purely positive training method means no punishment or corrections, you use 100% positive reinforcement 100% of the time. No exceptions. Traditional - Uses both positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative punishment (corrections). There are some people who call what they do "positive training" but unless it is 100% rewards only, it isn't purely positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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