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Originally Posted by Marilize  The main advantage of puppy classes is socialization. The next time he asks, tell him she learnt to listen to you while there are other dogs and people around. She learnt how to communicate with the other dogs. She learnt loads of social skills that will come in handy later. She learnt a lot.
Look at it this way, Puppy I is the first grade for the pups. Do you want your pup to have a first grade education? Obviously not, you want her to be a graduate  To achieve this, you can home school, but what will your pup miss out on? Social skills. When the puppy has learnt this, you can teach her new things at home. But the foundations have to be laid in class.
Let me know if you need another argument to help persuade the dh...  |
hehe, thank you.
i did try to use the socialization thingy, but milu was actually really scared when he attended puppy 1. cause the puppies were all too big for her. milu spent most of the time running from people to people, whoever is willing to let her cuddle with them or let her sit in their lap. of course they loved milu, so they would keep her in their lap. (which was really annoying to me because i was trying to get milu socialized)
but milu did get stepped on by the bigger dogs, and got scooped up in a yellow lab's cone. (the lab was wearing a cone to prevent him from chewing on it's paws, and it scooped milu up with his cone)
so i also took milu to puppy socials and dog parks, but milu doesn't like it and spend most of the time trying to get me to pick her up. eventually the trainer told me not to bring milu to the puppy socials anymore because she was clearly not enjoying it.
milu only likes to meet dogs one on one, she doesn't like to meet a group of dogs.