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Originally Posted by Mom to Hot Rod

I must have your Jane in a different person. Our trainer teaches agility and has her dogs in competitions. She was wonderful with Hot Rod. There were so many dogs in the class that she split the class up into 2, 1 at 6 pm and 1 at 7 pm. There wound up being only 4 dogs in our class, 1 shi, sm lab mix, anoher smallish dog and one wire haired terrier. The earlier class had the doberman, 2 labs and a couple of other larger dogs.

Our trainer Kelly was great and she actually took Hot Rod under her wing. He got full the first night from the treats that she had given us that I chose to make salmon for him the rest of the classes. Well, one night when the dogs rotated through the class, she stayed with Hot Rod and told everyone that he had an stomach issues and had to have the salmon instead of the regular treat--she made sure that the portions were not too big. Other times she took an extra few minutes to specifically address the needs of smaller dogs. When we were learning stay, she took her shoes off to show how to be around a small dog as Hot Rod. She always made sure that he was "okay" with the lesson and if he seem to not do it, she would have a suggestion for a different way to handle a smaller dog.
She holds training classes throughout the area. She also does private training at your home. Maybe try a kennel to see if they offer training classes or they may know of a trainer. There are good trainers out there. Good luck.

p.s. We ran into the other class one night and those dogs got BIG over 6 weeks!

She sounds wonderful. This is what I need. I was having trouble with the training books I purchased because they were geared toward larger dogs. I just got really frustrated and thought itd be easier if a person could work with me.