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KellyV · 07-13-2006, 06:34 AM

I had a hard time in our obedience class too... Pixie was the smallest. There was a Great Dane, three Labs and an Akita mix. The Great Dane was okay around Pixie. She would just sniff her and didn't do a whole lot. The Akita mix was well behaved an ignored all the other dogs.

The labs were a different story... One ended up dropping out and the other two thought Pixie was some kind of play thing. Any time either one of them would get near her, they'd try to step and jump on her (and not in a nice playful way either! They were very forceful about it). It was very frightening for us both. One of the owner's managed to just stay away, but other had absolutely NO control over her horrid animal and the thing would drag her across the room to get at Pixie... I said something to the trainer about it one day and she said I should just stay on the other side of the room then. EXCUSE ME? I paid JUST as much money for these classes and I should be able to enjoy and utilize them to their full extent. There's no reason I should be paying over $200 to go to a class where I'm running from the most ill behaved dog I've ever seen the whole time!

I didn't really agree with her training methods to begin with (a little too physical for my taste), and after she said that I was just done. We dropped out. I didn't even bother calling the office to ask for a refund. I'm sure they all had the same $hitty attitude she did and would've told me their no refund policy would not be waived.

I don't know what the deal with big dogs is... I think they think they're toys or something... After all that I don't allow my pups around other larger dogs. All their friends are 25lbs or less and I haven't had any problems with them being too rough.

I'm not saying that ALL big dogs are bad... But some of them are and I have no way of knowing how they're going to react to my babies. IMO, better safe than sorry.

07-13-2006, 06:34 AM	#11
KellyV YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 776	I had a hard time in our obedience class too... Pixie was the smallest. There was a Great Dane, three Labs and an Akita mix. The Great Dane was okay around Pixie. She would just sniff her and didn't do a whole lot. The Akita mix was well behaved an ignored all the other dogs. The labs were a different story... One ended up dropping out and the other two thought Pixie was some kind of play thing. Any time either one of them would get near her, they'd try to step and jump on her (and not in a nice playful way either! They were very forceful about it). It was very frightening for us both. One of the owner's managed to just stay away, but other had absolutely NO control over her horrid animal and the thing would drag her across the room to get at Pixie... I said something to the trainer about it one day and she said I should just stay on the other side of the room then. EXCUSE ME? I paid JUST as much money for these classes and I should be able to enjoy and utilize them to their full extent. There's no reason I should be paying over $200 to go to a class where I'm running from the most ill behaved dog I've ever seen the whole time! I didn't really agree with her training methods to begin with (a little too physical for my taste), and after she said that I was just done. We dropped out. I didn't even bother calling the office to ask for a refund. I'm sure they all had the same $hitty attitude she did and would've told me their no refund policy would not be waived. I don't know what the deal with big dogs is... I think they think they're toys or something... After all that I don't allow my pups around other larger dogs. All their friends are 25lbs or less and I haven't had any problems with them being too rough. I'm not saying that ALL big dogs are bad... But some of them are and I have no way of knowing how they're going to react to my babies. IMO, better safe than sorry.