 Training is great
When we bought Piper, 6 weeks of puppy training came along with him. He learned to go potty in his litter box at training, and to settle, and how to play with pups. Yorkies are very smart, and mine is very treat motivated, so he was a star in the class. We had him go through another 6 week class at a different facility we thought would be better (just finished), and boy were we wrong! The teachers there were really bad--not good with explanation, or working with the dog. But, they would set up the activity ring--the jumps, and tunnels, and Piper loved that! And, again, he was the best at it! There were all these herding dogs, etc. in class, and they were knocking down the jumps and looking very uncoordinated, and there was little four pound Piper, an agile superstar! Some training is worth it, some is not, you will know how you feel about the trainer, and how the trainer feels about your dog (the second set of trainers we had didn't think "little dogs" could feel comfortable doing commands), but it still socializes your dog and makes him or her braver in the world! Good luck, and just have fun! |