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Originally Posted by kikil  I have been to pro teacher at petsmart one class last year and the year we got her. she would do what they wanted her to in the class but not at home. but the first time we took her over there she was slow at getting everything and still is at times. but I tryed to make sure that my parents knew on what should be done. but I think dad the first time around wasn't wanted to fall anythinng and part of me think that what messed things up but not to sure. he has been trying to help more with her. but sometime I dont' know what I am doing wrong if it my voice or the way I am doing it or what. but she my baby if I leave this house they wont be with me with her to help me only when I drop her off for them to watch her. since we never leave her home alone for nothing no matter what. |
I wouldn't get a trainer from one of the pet stores but one of the trainers in your area that comes with a history of working with owners who lack dog skills and their website and testimonials should testify to that over and over. A good trainer can train and help even a "slow" dog learn and understands how to appeal to their particular wants and needs. Discussing what you dog can't, will and won't do here is not helping the dog in the way she needs, really, is it?
You really won't find any magic bullet here when you actually need someone to see how you train and how you interact with your dog as well as that of other household members. They will then understand what skills you and your family lack and show you how to overcome those things. It's more attitude, confidence, gravitas and an innate ability to actually read or assess a dog's sense of self and state of mind and what it needs to get/keep its attention and motivate it to WANT to do what you ask. You can learn from a skilled trainer how to read a dog and sense its insecurity, fears and actual teachable quality and then how to bypass those things and get it set for training so that she is eager to learn - even a "slow" dog.
Without those skills, you won't have long-lasting success training a dog and could wind up with a dog that one day bites from fear and aggression at times. You'll have to have a hands-on trainer and they won't accept excuses from you for why this didn't work and why that won't work. They'll just say, forget that, relax and listen to me and here is what we do first. And second. And third. And what you do when the dog loses focus, barks in your face, jumps up, back off as if scared, etc.. They will set you up for success with your dog and you too can have a great pet.
Go research and find yourself a good professional trainer with real credentials for working to train people how to help their misbehaving dogs. Training a dog without training you won't help - you have to have skills yourself or you will have a little rascal that is always acting up. That's unnecessary when it is so easy to learn how to do it right if you choose an excellent trainer. Start by calling around - talk to everybody and call the service-dog academy kennel trainers nearest you and respectable vets, animal shelters, reputable dog breeders who have/breed show dogs and
ask them all for family pet trainers they know of who can work with plain, regular people who don't have dog skills.
It will cost you some $ but if you don't, your dog's behavior might very well get worse and worse and it won't be her fault at all. Sell some things or cancel some services you can do without for a while but save the money for a couple of sessions with a real pro. No pet accessories or top notch dog food or anything else is as important as helping a dog that is always misbehaving and is still biting at feet and acting out as those behaviors do tend to escalate to the point you can no longer accept them in your home. You dog is helpless to help herself and needs her loving owner to find help yourself so you can help her.