You just need to find a good training class and go with her to them.
Sending her to a camp does not build your relationship with the dog nor do you gain understanding or training or management skills needed.
They should know it is about the relationship you build with the dog not what they do to it that makes the difference in training and the attachment you have with the dog.
Dogs do not generalize so they can learn all you want in the class room or camp but it may not transfer over to the home and your care no matter what they say. Sit, down come , stay may well work at class but at home with out the norm of school it may just fall apart. You need to practice it with her at home out on the street and she needs to learn it from you and trust you.
Now that said... I have a client do to very bad allergies can not go to class so I go work on the skill and work on generalizing it and they work practice and reinforcement all week at home. Dog learns that sit means sit at class, at home, on the street with Mom or me or dad or the kids. Great training and great bonds.
I had a client that took one of the dogs I started it was getting out of control...owner was upset wondered why it would not listen. I asked what have you done to build a relationship and a communicative line between you two... well he is here with me and I love him and you have trained him already he should listen...ok but what other then that he looks to me as he knows I can and do respond to him we have the bond and you???? NEED to train... so off to class you go or that wee one comes home. Now in class I see them working hard the dog looks the owner and you want to see love...I am in that room and he looks to his owner cause they are talking the same language and the time in is working wonders. I see a happy dog that understand his boundaries and I see an owner with pride in his eyes cause he can ask the dog to do anything and it will try and respond and is happy. I ask the dog to sit and he looks to dad and goes is that what you want me to do too Dad??? Not great he does not listen to me but wonderful to see him look to his dad and not at me for support that is a bond.
JL
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