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Originally Posted by ARCHIE  I took Buddy to Petco when he was six months old for his puppy basic
training and it was pretty much the same. There were 2 german shepard
pups, one out of control lab puppy and a mixture of 4 others. Bud
and a little jack russel were the only two small ones. The jack russell
did not come back the second week. THe trainer only paid attention to
the big dogs trying to drum up business for himself in personal training
after the classes finished. He had me and Buddy walking the aisles for
three week teaching him to heel. (three years later he still does not heel).
LOL I thought it was a waste of $100.00. I was very excited about it
but would not recommened it to anyone.
I read books and taught him myself. I did write a letter to Petco and
never heard from them. I wasn't asking for my money back because
I kept going but wanted to let them know the trainer was only interested
in new clients for his personal training program and forgot about the other;s
who paid money to be there and learn something. |
yeah, big dogs are not the only kinds of dogs.. grr... i swear the same lady is teaching all over america lol
Well Im going in the morning to petco after my dr's appointment to get my refund and using that money for another class. I called my vet and they recommended this place called still water dog training. I looked at their website and it seemed decent enough, but I would only want to be taught by the owner of the company, mary, just to be safe. She has been teaching for 20 years and has a lot of awards and recommendations under her belt. So I called them and talked to one of the trainers there, heather and I told her about petco. She said she had heard stories and that they went over there and asked to sit in on a class and Petco said they couldnt. FISHY FISHY!! I told hre about on here and now most reviews for them are bad. Anyway, she told me they would not be letting any dogs off leash and would definetly never let them off leash during THE FIRST CLASS. They do not use a food reward system for training the dogs, but praise (yay!! just what I need) and the training will take place inside, not outside in the burning heat like a lot of other places. It is very close to my house as well. Anyway, turns out the class I am probably going to be signing up for is going to be taught by the owner mary!! I was so excited about that. I am going to be getting a real expert. They also asked me if I would like to sit in on a class or two before I put my deposit down and I said yes so I am going on monday to two classes. One at 6:30, it is basic training and they are on the 3rd class. Then at 7:30 i will be sitting in on the first actual class of a basic training session. She said to be warned that it will be crazy but they taught the owners how to handle their dogs berfore the first actual class and no one would be off leash (they did not do that at petco, those big dogs were off leash and out of control). I said nothing will be ask crazy as petco was. So I am excited. They are holding a spot for me for ten days after I sit in on a class Monday, for the Basic Obedience that starts on Monday aug 18th. Kind of a long wait but oh well. I just missed the July classes by like 5 days.