Sheesh! I can't believe how rude people can be...so sorry to hear that you had to go through that with Pebbles. It's already stressfull enough to be in a class training with all these much larger dogs and then to top that off...to have all these unnecessary comments made to you. If at all possible I would try to ignore it (which may be difficult).
Initially I was planning to enroll Cassi in a training class, but b/c she did not have all her shots back then, I've decided to see if I can train her on my own. Fortunately yorkies are a very smart breed and she's certainly a fast learner. So far I've taught her to sit, lay down, roll over, play dead, crawl, give me paw, come over, stay, and of course fetch. I've only trained her 10-15 minutes each day and took as many 10-15 tries before she learned the command. Best of luck with your class, if that doesn't work you can try to train her at home on your own... Seriously I found them to be really smart dogs and they learn really quickly.
