I didn't know about that gourmet store but I think I saw it the other day when we were out and about. I wondered exactly what it was. I'll have to check it out.
Now about the class...
We did take her to that first class where I felt she was "labeled" ... oh boy, it's so hard not to fall back into human jargon.
Anyway, the way life happened (or the planets aligned...LOL) we haven't been back. The first week after the fiasco (second class meeting) my husband and I both had a low grade fever. Nothing serious...just seasonal sinus problems but with everyone being cautious about flu, etc. I didn't think it was a neighborly thing for us to do to go to class even though I was 99% sure we weren't contagious.
Then last week (third class meeting) I laid down in mid-afternoon because I was a bit queasy and didn't wake up until after 7. (Class was at 5...eek) My husband said I needed the sleep more than the class. I am embarrassed a bit about that one because I didn't even give the instructor the courtesy of a call (since I didn't mean to sleep through the class).
Now I'm at a point where I just wrote off the experience for the time being because I have gotten so flustered and embarrassed at missing so many classes. It's not really the instructor's fault although I do admit I did get my feathers ruffled that Taffy was (for the most part) ignored and "labeled" just because she didn't fit the normal dog mold at that first class meeting.
LOL... Kristy, guess you could say I'm homeschooling her for the time being... LOL
Now that I've read that the restaurant by the PetSmart burned to the ground, I'm pretty convinced that we won't be returning for the rest of the classes. This is not a reflection on the instructor nor the store but I wouldn't be able to be that close to the burned out structure and see it/smell it without it causing the nightmare memories of when our house burned a few years ago.
I know that's way more information than you probably wanted but I didn't want to badmouth the classes per se. I just think our dog is exceptionally smart and I know she is exceptionally stubborn so the classes just weren't what she needed. To have tried to make her fit the instructor's model would not have (in my opinion right now at least) increased her training.
I can't seem to gracefully get out of this post...LOL. (Personally I think there was a pre-conceived notion that Yorkies were "difficult" before the instructor ever got to know our Taffy. What I call the "cookie cutter approach" is not what I consider good teaching for children....or dogs.)
Now I really will bow out...gracefully or not |