Re: [PyrNet-L] Question:

[dsmith@iolinc.net (Smith, Deborah)]

    The best thing I can suggest is to take Kane to an obedience class held by a local kennel club.  In these you (the owner) are taught lessons with your dog so that you know how to train it.  For about six weeks you and your dog go to class once a week and practice at home every day for the rest of the week (each week you learn a few new things).  Then, the seventh week you review and the eighth week you graduate (hopefully), at least that's how it works here at the Greater Clarksburg Kennel Club.

    This helps bring you and your dog closer and be able to work together as a team.  The benefits are:  your dog is always with you, you know what commands to use, and you both learn to work with each other as opposed to the dog learning to work with someone else, who may or may not treat it well and the actual owner not knowing what to do.

    So, my advice is to find a local kennel club that holds obedience classes and sign up.

    Hope this helps!

 

Chrissy

Rajah and Moses

West Union, WV

dsmith@iolinc.net

 

 

<Tony Leopold <tleopold2@plantnet.com wrote>

I have a question I hope some of you can give me some insight on:

 

I'm considering having Kane (my rescue dog) trained/taken to obedience classes. Has anyone here done that with their Pyre and if so, how did it work out?

 

The thing that worries me is that some trainers might use the dominance flip on Kane, and since he is a little weary of people anyway, that might be too much for him.