Don't listen to them. I grew up with untrained dogs - luckily they were staffies who knew their place in the family hierarchy and staffies are really obedient even without training. But then we got a labrador and none of us knew how to train him. He is ten now and still miserably disobedient. It is really difficult to live with him.
I took Cash to obedience training and I paid a lot of money for it (I am a student on a meager income, so it was really A LOT for me). Cash is a really well-behaved dog now and we are starting agility training tomorrow.
Everyone compliments me on how smart and well-behaved he is. So, even though my parents and loads of my friends thought I was crazy to pay all that money to train a dog, I did it anyway and now I am reaping the rewards.
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