ivy
31-07-09, 22:24
I have a 10 month old chocolate lab/greyhound mix (female) my husband and I adopted from the Humane Society in February. She already understood No and sit when we got her. She was already mostly potty trained. She learned lay down and shake in one day. However, her one flaw was that she was incredibly skittish around humans, so she isn't very obedient out in public. She's VERY friendly and playful with other dogs. But people are her hang-up.
Anyway, we decided that obedience classes may help her up. There are only 3 places in my town that offer dog training in our price range. Petsmart sounded like it would be the most bang for the buck. We consulted with one of the trainers and she said that our dog needed to be in Beginner training. So we paid for 8 weekly one-hour sessions.
Sunday was our 3rd class. The trainer has started at least 10 min. late every time and ends early each time. And she hasn't taught us anything new or useful except to tell people to approach our dog from the side. Yes, that was her solution to socialize our dog. There is only one other dog in the class, so we thought it would be pretty personalized. WRONG. All we've covered is stuff she knows (sit, lay down, and the introduction week).
And our dog chews things aggressively, so the trainer told us to buy a Nylabone. So we did. And the first week that we had it, our dog broke one of her permanent teeth at the gum line (chewing it) and now I have to pay $300 to have it surgically removed!
It's ridiculous. The trainer is unhelpful and now she's cost us a total of $418 (useless training + Nylabone + pulling the dog's tooth). What should I do? Can I make the manager refund us or move us to a more advanced class?
Anyway, we decided that obedience classes may help her up. There are only 3 places in my town that offer dog training in our price range. Petsmart sounded like it would be the most bang for the buck. We consulted with one of the trainers and she said that our dog needed to be in Beginner training. So we paid for 8 weekly one-hour sessions.
Sunday was our 3rd class. The trainer has started at least 10 min. late every time and ends early each time. And she hasn't taught us anything new or useful except to tell people to approach our dog from the side. Yes, that was her solution to socialize our dog. There is only one other dog in the class, so we thought it would be pretty personalized. WRONG. All we've covered is stuff she knows (sit, lay down, and the introduction week).
And our dog chews things aggressively, so the trainer told us to buy a Nylabone. So we did. And the first week that we had it, our dog broke one of her permanent teeth at the gum line (chewing it) and now I have to pay $300 to have it surgically removed!
It's ridiculous. The trainer is unhelpful and now she's cost us a total of $418 (useless training + Nylabone + pulling the dog's tooth). What should I do? Can I make the manager refund us or move us to a more advanced class?