[JadeD]

I highly recommend a training class if you have never trained a dog before. They will help you see what you are doing wrong and teach you how to train. That being said... I took one dog of mine many years ago through 3 levels of training and she did great. Another dog I had I took through 2 levels. The English Setter I currently have went through basic training. Having been through all those classes has been great because I have a good understanding now of how to train a dog.

I just adopted a 9 year old Yorkie and he is a great dog. He is social and well behaved. I am getting a half Yorkie puppy though in a few months. They are due to be born next week and then I will have about a 3 month wait until they are ready to leave.

I do plan to take the puppy to basic obedience class, even though I know how to train. I think it will be good for the dog to go to a class. If she does really well I may put her/him in another class just for the fun of it for them. I can really do the training though and plan to teach the puppy lots of fun tricks along with obedience training.