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Has anyone ever taken their dog to obedience classes? I signed up 3 of dogs - our two 8month old chihuahua/min pins & our 10 week old border collie/terrier (? Maybe?). So far we only have had one class. It's every Sunday for 6 weeks. It's GREAT! The first class was extensive, the trainer got to know the dogs and their needs and what we needed to work on. She introduced clicker training. They learned "sit" (which the boys knew, when they felt like it, but the baby didnt) and "watch me" - the watch me is GREAT for Murphy's excessive barking at people/dogs (he loves everyone he just barks for attention) because it focuses him on you instead of whatever he's obsessing over.
Anyway, I really liked it. The dogs all seemed to enjoy it & I think it's going to be very entertaining and stimulating for them. The place is about 40monutes away, but it's so worth it. Te town it's in hasa HUGE dog park near by so we took them there afterwards to burn off any energy they had left before the drive home. They made some friends and it was lots of fun - much bigger than the dog park they go to by our house.
Anyone else do anything like this?
Anyway, I really liked it. The dogs all seemed to enjoy it & I think it's going to be very entertaining and stimulating for them. The place is about 40monutes away, but it's so worth it. Te town it's in hasa HUGE dog park near by so we took them there afterwards to burn off any energy they had left before the drive home. They made some friends and it was lots of fun - much bigger than the dog park they go to by our house.
Anyone else do anything like this?