Our local animal hospital sponsored classes - both beginning and intermediate - the cost was about $100 for both. We started classes when Bailey was 4 mos old.
I liked the thought of socialization, too, but most of the other dogs were so big, Bailey spent most of the time on my lap. I also have several books on the topic - and the classes were exactly the same thing. Bailey and I were very much ahead of the others - even at 4 mos.
The classes taught the basics of training - so that you can take the basics and expand on them to suit your needs. It was good to see the training technics that were described in the books. It was worth the money and time.
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