What
do you know about dog training classes?What
do you know about dog training classes?
Take a local obedience class
The Bothels recommend that everyone should take their dog through a local obedience
class. There are many obedience training clubs throughout the United States
that offer courses in household obedience. If the school is a professional one, be sure to ask how many individual dogs your instructor has trained--both breeds and dispositions. Also, ask for local references that you can contact.
The experience of having your dog around other dogs is important. Not only is it an important socialization experience, but also it is an opportunity for dog owners to learn how to control their dogs when there are distracted by the confusion of a class environment. Most people who even already know how to train their dogs, will take their dogs through an obedience class to expose their dogs to the class environment. Classes provide the student with lessons to be completed in a logical sequence that insures success if the dog owner is consistent and specifically follows directions. It is also much better than reading a training book, because students taking classes can ask questions about their dogs and receive additional support as they are working through lessons.
If you need additional help, contact us!
The Bothels operated one of the largest and most respected dog training dogs
in the Midwest, K-9 College and worked with thousands of new students each years
who wanted to train their dogs to become well-adjusted members of the family.
Since moving to the South a few years ago, the Bothels have discontinued instruction
of local classes and instead work with students who wish to learn more about dog training
over the Internet. Group training is still recommended, but often it is found
that with today's busy life style, people may have a difficult time starting
in an obedience class that meets at a specific time and place each week. Email questions are answered by the Bothels to help people to work with their dogs.
I want to ask the Bothels a question....
Click here and you will be provided with a sample of some of the training questions that the Bothels feel you should be able to answer after taking a basic dog household obedience course.
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